| 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.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
Several Congress leaders repeatedly denied the very existence of Lord Ram.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
record falsification
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
It is alleged that permission to send the idols to Chennai was granted at the behest of former assistant priest Unnikrishnan Potti.
idol transfer permission
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
About 20 years later, in 2019, it was decided to re-plate the dwarapalaka (gatekeeper) idols with a fresh layer of gold.
idol re-plating decision
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In 1998-99, industrialist Vijay Mallya donated a total of 30.291 kilograms of gold to the Sabarimala temple.
Mallya gold donation
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In India, most such issues are raised only after judging whether they suit a political agenda, which is why nobody is talking about this theft.
selective political outrage
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The Kerala High Court today ordered FIRs to be registered against CPM and CPI leaders in the Sabarimala temple gold theft case.
Sabarimala gold theft FIR
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-30 |
A nine-member Congress delegation led by UP Congress president Ajay Rai is visiting Ayodhya, and Ajay Rai's claim tonight of having been put under house arrest is mere theatrics staged at an Ayodhya hotel.
Congress Ayodhya visit
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-30 |
The Pakistani government is imposing an inhumane blockade of medicine, water, food and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which it must stop.
PoK blockade
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-30 |
The panelist Raja Fazel is suspected of being an ISI agent and had no legal standing to participate in the Track Two talks.
ISI infiltration Track Two
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