Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe alleged embezzlement at the Ram Temple will bring out the truth without any doubt, and also urged devotees not to get ‘inÀuenced’ by attempts to tarnish the image of the temple and also the holy city.
The CM assurance of a fair probe into the embezzlement controversy in Ram Mandir’s ‘chadhawa’ (oႇerings) comes close on the heels of Opposition parties raising hue and cry over mishandling of funds allegedly by the temple’s own staႇ. FIRs have also been ¿led against some suspects, with many blaming the Temple Trust oႈcials for ‘pocketing’ gold and jewellery oႇered at the temple.
Addressing a gathering in Ayodhya’s Rudauli on June 19, Adityanath said that those claiming a scam in temple funds are the ones who opposed the Ram Temple movement and also got their governments ¿re bullets at devotees as well as ‘kar sevaks’.
The Chief Minister, speaking on the SIT investigation, said that the three-member team was constituted at the request of the Temple Trust and said that the enquiry will unmask the irregularities.
“We have constituted an SIT investigation at the request of the Trust. I can assure you that the SIT inquiry will bring out the complete truth without any doubt,” the Chief Minister told the audience, while also urging them to submit ‘evidence’ to SIT if anyone has.
Adityanath also called upon the devotees to uphold the values of dignity and devotion associated with the temple and asked them not to get inÀuenced by attempts to defame Ayodhya or the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple.
