The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and in the state, accusing them of siphoning off money in the construction of Ram Lalla temple and in the name of development of Ayodhya.
“Be it the coffins of the martyrs or the temple of god, all these have become opportunities for corruption for the BJP. Even the symbols of faith and purity in the country are mere opportunities for them to loot. It has become clear from the statement of Ram temple priest Satyendra Das that water is leaking in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, built at a cost of crores of rupees, after the first rain and there is no proper arrangement for drainage,” UPCC president and former minister Ajay Rai alleged here on Monday.
Rai said that not only this, the mask of BJP, which was beating the drum of development of Ayodhya, had come off just before the inauguration of Ram mandir with the collapse of roads at many places in Ram Path built at a cost of Rs 624 crore.
“It has become clear that BJP has made Ayodhya a hub of corruption by carrying out substandard construction in a hurry only to gain electoral advantage,” he said.
Rai said BJP had only done injustice to the people of Ayodhya by not giving proper compensation to the migrants. “Due to this injustice, the BJP had to face defeat in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and the people of the state will give them a befitting reply in the upcoming assembly by-elections,” he added.
