| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Charanjit Singh Channi, who wanted to be state Congress president but was made election campaign committee chairman, is also upset — and if leaders like Tewari and Channi remain unhappy, Congress will face trouble in the assembly elections.
Congress leader discontent
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opposition attack |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Infighting has begun in the Punjab Congress ahead of elections: the party restructured its state unit but gave Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari no role, and he has publicly expressed his unhappiness.
Punjab Congress infighting
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opposition attack |
accurate |
92.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
It will not be easy for Ritabrata Banerjee's faction to capture the TMC — this case differs from the Eknath Shinde episode because Mamata Banerjee expelled him immediately upon rebellion, restructured the party, and promptly informed the Election Commission.
TMC takeover odds
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opposition attack |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The rebel faction claims 65 of the party's 80 MLAs are with it, and the Election Commission has written to both TMC factions asking them to submit documents supporting their claims by 5:30 pm on July 6.
TMC faction claims
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opposition attack |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The battle for control of the Trinamool Congress has now reached the Election Commission, with a delegation of party leaders led by Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee meeting the Commission's full bench.
TMC leadership dispute
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opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Yogi Adityanath has promised Ram devotees that no one involved in the theft will be spared however big they are and every penny stolen from Ram Lalla's donations will be recovered — and, the anchor asserts, Yogi does what he says.
CM's accountability pledge
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communal religion |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The departure of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra from the Ram Mandir Trust is certain; Champat Rai will also leave Ayodhya and be sent somewhere far away.
trust leadership ouster
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The accused counting staff got their jobs on Champat Rai's recommendation but were formally hired by the State Bank through Varanasi's Sainik Security Agency, whose owner Gaurav Singh says the bank had asked him for housekeeping staff, not donation counters.
outsourced hiring irregularity
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communal religion |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai personally met the 10 new donation-counting hires on 2 March 2025, trustee Anil Mishra interviewed them on 4 March 2025, they were told to start work from 6 March 2025, and the new counting staff were not even given ID cards — only a duty sheet.
lax hiring process
|
communal religion |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Today the Ayodhya Bar Association submitted a written complaint to police demanding that a case be registered against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao.
case against trustees
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communal religion |
accurate |
93.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The net is tightening around Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao and their troubles may grow, because most of those arrested were hired on Anil Mishra's recommendation and named both men during questioning.
trustee culpability
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communal religion |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The Ayodhya Development Authority has sent Lavkush Mishra's wife a notice over the house for construction violations, and bulldozer action may follow if a satisfactory reply is not received within 7 days.
bulldozer notice
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communal religion |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Theft accused Lavkush Mishra bought a plot in his wife Supriya Mishra's name in Ayodhya's Shahadatganj locality and was building a three-storey house on it, with the total cost of plot and construction said to exceed ₹1 crore.
accused's disproportionate assets
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Avinash Shukla is from Nariyawa Babupur village in Pratapgarh district; after he began counting donations at the Ram Mandir his lifestyle changed — his family, who earlier lived in an old mud house, recently built a new house in the village.
accused's disproportionate assets
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communal religion |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
About ₹21 lakh in cash stolen from donations, plus 121 US dollars and some jewellery, was recovered from Avinash Shukla.
stolen cash recovery
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communal religion |
misleading |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Today the Faizabad anti-corruption court handed accused Avinash Shukla to Ayodhya police on a 24-hour remand.
accused remand
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communal religion |
accurate |
92.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Nirmohi Akhara mahant and Ram Mandir Trust trustee Dinendra Das said today that irregularities in the Trust began only after Gopal Rao came to Ayodhya.
trust irregularities
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
In the first round the SIT questioned about 150 people, most of whom had been hired on the recommendation of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra.
trust hiring nepotism
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communal religion |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Yesterday the UP government gave the SIT 15 more days for the investigation, and today Lucknow Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, Lucknow Range IG Kiran S, and Finance Department Special Secretary Neel Ratan reached Ayodhya.
SIT investigation extension
|
communal religion |
accurate |
92.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
Ayodhya police today took donation-theft accused Avinash Shukla on remand; the largest amount of stolen donation money was recovered from his possession.
accused remand
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communal religion |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
The SIT suspects that large-scale theft of donations also took place during the Mahakumbh period, and this will also be investigated.
Mahakumbh donation theft
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-02 |
An SIT team arrived again in Ayodhya today to investigate the Ram Mandir donation theft, and will question 10 people along with trustee Anil Mishra and temple manager Gopal Rao.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Twenty-eight days after the theft came to light, the biggest unresolved question remains the future of the Ram Mandir trust.
trust future question
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communal religion |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Congress's sudden display of love for Lord Ram is worth watching (implying it is opportunistic and insincere).
Congress Ram posturing
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opposition attack |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Samajwadi Party intends to make the donation theft a political weapon for the 2027 elections; Akhilesh Yadav has said the BJP will get neither donations nor votes this time.
SP 2027 politicization
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
92.0% |