| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that if there had been any Muslim in the trust, his house would have been bulldozed and he would have been killed in an encounter by now.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
All members of the Ram Mandir trust are Hindus, the eight accused currently in jail are Hindus, and the trust members facing allegations are also Hindus.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
The 2027 UP assembly election results, at least seven months away, will reveal who gains and who loses politically from the donation-theft scandal.
2027 UP elections
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
BSP supremo Mayawati has objected to the electoral politics being played over the Ram Mandir donation theft, calling the politicking over the matter completely wrong.
Mayawati on politicization
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections held after the Ram Mandir inauguration, the Samajwadi Party achieved a historic win, and after the donation theft it now sees political opportunity in the 2027 assembly elections.
SP 2027 strategy
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Under Samajwadi Party rule, kar sevaks were fired upon, and the Congress denied Lord Ram's existence; today both parties are competing to prove themselves Ram devotees.
opposition Ram devotion
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Akhilesh Yadav, who until now avoided visiting the Ram Mandir, has announced after the donation-theft revelations that he will bow before Ram Lalla.
Akhilesh temple visit
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Police placed Congress leaders under house arrest, but UP Congress chief Ajay Rai and Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma evaded the police and managed to reach Ayodhya.
Congress Ayodhya march
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
The Congress party is now weaponizing the Ram Mandir donation-theft scandal to regain its political ground in Uttar Pradesh.
UP political revival
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Several Congress leaders repeatedly denied the very existence of Lord Ram.
Ram existence denial
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Many Congress party leaders argued in court that the Ram Mandir should not be built at that site.
Ram Mandir court case
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
The Congress party was invited to the Ram Mandir pran pratishtha (consecration) ceremony and boycotted the event.
pran pratishtha boycott
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Efforts have begun to turn the Ram Mandir donation-theft scandal into an electoral weapon, and the Congress party wants to project itself at the forefront of this.
donation scam politicization
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
CPM and CPI leaders who became president and members of the temple board in Kerala were themselves involved in the theft, which is why the High Court ordered cases to be registered against them.
CPM-CPI board involvement
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The Sabarimala temple, where the theft occurred, is administered by the government-constituted Devaswom Board.
Devaswom Board control
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
To stop such dishonesty, the administration, structure, and management systems of temples must be fundamentally reformed.
temple administration reform
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
Former assistant priest Unnikrishnan Potti has been arrested, while former executive officer Murari Babu, company owner Pankaj Bhandari, former board president and CPM leader P.S. Prashant, former board member and CPI leader A. Ajay Kumar, chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru, and former commissioner Rejilal have been named as accused.
accused named
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The SIT claims that in 2023 the accused again planned to send the idols to Chennai for re-plating, with the aim of destroying evidence of the 2019 gold theft rather than repair.
evidence destruction plot
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
So far, approximately 4 to 5 kilograms of gold have been found to be missing from the Sabarimala temple.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The investigation found that gold was missing not only from the dwarapalaka idols but also from their bases and the temple door frames.
missing gold extent
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
Within a few months the new gold plating began peeling off, exposing the copper underneath, which raised suspicion.
peeling gold plating
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
When the idols returned from Chennai to the temple, they were not even weighed.
weighing lapse
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
Investigating agencies allege that in Chennai the old, heavy gold layers were stolen from the idols and replaced with new, thinner gold layers.
gold layer swap
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The SIT and the High Court believe the mislabeling was not an ordinary mistake but part of a large conspiracy.
theft conspiracy
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In official records, the gold-clad idols were recorded merely as copper plates.
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