SC should take Suo Motu cognisance of ‘Ayodhya land Scam’

Spokesperson: Ms. Supriya Shrinate: She said that this is about the huge property scam that is happening in Ayodhya. We have been saying this from day one, since June, 2021, when things came to light that there should be a thorough probe into how the land scam is happening in Ayodhya, but, now, the Ayodhya Development Authority has put out a list of 40 people, who have been involved in the land scam and the building of the Ram Temple and prominent amongst those are names of the Ayodhya, MLA, Ved Prakash Gupta of the BJP, of the BJP Mayor, Rishikesh Upadhyay, of Ex-MLA Gorakhnath, multiple officers in the UP government, whose relatives have bought land and you all know what this is about, because there are only three big points of this entire land scam.

The first is- people had donated keeping faith in mind. When you sell land worth Rs. 2 crores for Rs. 18 crores, you are stealing that donation. The first is- you are scamming donations done in the name of Lord Rama.

The second of course is that the Mandir Trust, the Temple Trust has only acquired 70 acres of land, who knows this blue print? Why are BJP Leaders acquiring more land at low cost and then selling it at steeply high prices to the Temple Trust with the cognizance, with the approval, with the signature of the members of the temple trust, Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, Rishikesh Upadhyay.

Dalit land cannot be bought and sold under some provisions. That Issue is still in court, you have bought land, you have sold it and we are not the only ones who are raising this issue. The saints, the people involved with the temple are raising these issues, whether it is the Hanuman Garhi Temple Mahant Dharmdas, who has made some serious allegations of fraud and fraudulent practices and a huge property scam that is on in Ayodhya.

The reality is that relatives of Rishikesh Upadhyay, relatives of Ved Prakash Gupta, the MLA, relatives of multiple officials of the UP Government have been involved in this land scam and the only probe that’s happening is that at the DM level. How can the DM probe the MLA, the Ex-MLA, the Ministers in the UP Government?

Why is Mr. Modi and of course, Super Prime Minister, Mr. Amit Shah conspicuously silent?

From this stage, we expect Mr. Modi to break his silence, but, we also urge the Supreme Court under whose instructions the Ram Mandir Trust was set up, the 15 members Ram Mandir Trust, to take this into cognizance and to act against these people, because this is a matter of faith. You cannot play with faith. You cannot hurt the sentiments of people. Monday, August 8, 2022