Ayodhya land deal: Congress for SC-led probe into ‘scam’
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 14
The Congress on Monday alleged a scam in the purchase of a piece of land in Ayodhya by the Ram Temple Trust demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe with the trust rejecting all accusations as “misleading and politically motivated”.
Hours after Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust rebutted the charges, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala asked the apex court to take suo motu cognizance of the issue.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Shri Ram personified justice and deception in his name was unrighteous. The Congress alleged that original owners of the land sold it for Rs 2 crore to two people namely Ravi Tiwari and Sultan Ansari who then sold the land (12,080 sq m) to the temple trust at a premium price of Rs 18.5 crore.
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