| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Four of TMC's 13 Rajya Sabha MPs have already resigned, leaving the Mamata faction with only nine Rajya Sabha MPs.
Rajya Sabha resignations
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
TMC has 28 Lok Sabha MPs in total, of whom 20 have broken away (exceeding the two-thirds threshold of 19), leaving Mamata Banerjee with eight.
TMC Lok Sabha split
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
TMC currently has 80 MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly, of whom 58 are with the rebel faction (more than the two-thirds threshold of 54) and only 22 remain with Mamata Banerjee.
TMC MLA split
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under the anti-defection law in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, a party's rebel faction gets recognition only if two-thirds of the MLAs or MPs are with the rebels.
anti-defection law
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Mamata Banerjee lost her own seat, her party lost the election, she lost the Chief Minister's chair, the party president post was taken from her, she lost the Leader of Opposition position in the Assembly, and now there is a full attempt to take her party away from her.
Mamata's serial defeats
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai's explanation is not convincing anyone because the devotees' trust was wounded on his watch, and those wounds are very deep.
Champat Rai accountability
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Even if Champat Rai steps down as general secretary, he can still remain a member of the trust.
trust membership loophole
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
According to sources, the decision on the two resignations will be made under the trust's bylaws, which require a two-thirds majority to accept a resignation.
trust bylaw procedure
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet on 6 July, where it will decide whether to accept the resignations of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra.
trust resignation meeting
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Faizabad Bar Association has filed a written complaint at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi police station seeking an FIR against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, and Gopal Rao over large-scale theft of cash and valuables from the trust's donation boxes.
FIR demand trust officials
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai is claiming to his associates that Tinnu Yadav betrayed him.
trust infighting
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The ED (Enforcement Directorate) will enter the case over the financial irregularities involved.
ED probe entry
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
According to the police report, a large portion of the stolen money was squandered during the Mahakumbh.
stolen money spending
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Lavkush Mishra inducted his brother-in-law Anukalp into the group of thieves, and the brother-in-law duo together carried out the biggest theft.
family theft network
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The investigation revealed that Lavkush Mishra showed the registry value of a ₹5 lakh plot of land as approximately ₹8,80,000.
registry value inflation
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On 16 October 2025, Lavkush Mishra bought land worth ₹25 lakh in his wife Supriya's name and began constructing a building on it.
benami land purchase
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Lavkush Mishra was previously a car mechanic and was hired to count the temple offerings on a salary of ₹12,000 to ₹15,000.
accused's background
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Police have already recovered ₹14,25,000 in cash from Lavkush Mishra's house.
cash recovery
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
CM Yogi is going to settle scores with each of the donation thieves and silence those who make religion-based accusations.
Yogi crackdown pledge
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
For several days the opposition, including Asaduddin Owaisi, had been questioning why no bulldozer action was taken, playing the 'Muslim victim card' and invoking encounters.
opposition bulldozer taunts
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The security company involved provides housekeeping, security and cash logistics services across eight states.
security company profile
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
People with no experience in cash handling were deliberately assigned to count the Ram Mandir offerings, reflecting gross negligence in the temple's management.
management negligence
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The company's Ayodhya branch chief manager recommended all 22 workers in writing, after which the agency recruited them and sent them to the Ram Mandir without any background verification.
unverified recruitment
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The arrested cleaning staff belonged to Sainik Security Services Private Limited of Varanasi, which had sent 22 people to the Ram Mandir for housekeeping services, of whom six were put on offerings-counting duty.
outsourced staffing
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Six housekeeping (cleaning) staff members at the Ram Mandir were assigned to count the offerings, and all six have been arrested by the police.
cleaners counting cash
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