Even as the BJP and Shiv Sena workers clashed over a scathing article in ‘Saamana’ over the alleged irregularities in the land purchase, BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj and seers in Ayodhya threw their weight behind the Ramjanmabhumi Teerth Kshetra Trust, saying the deal was transparent.
“If Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav or Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh suspect a scam in the Ayodhya land deal, they are free to withdraw the donations made by them by showing their donation receipts,” the BJP MP said in Unnao on Thursday.
Sakshi Maharaj said those who are raising questions now are the same people who had opposed the construction of the temple in Ayodhya.
The BJP MP said that the allegations regarding a scam in the purchase of land were baseless. Champat Rai of the Trust has dedicated his entire life to Lord Ram and it was crime to accuse such a person of fraud, he said.
Meanwhile in Ayodhya, Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Cantonment alleged that AAP and SP leaders approached him and offered a bribe to give a statement against the Ramjanmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust.
Sant Paramhans Das issued a letter on Thursday, saying that the leaders of Aam Aadmi Party and Congress offered him Rs 2 crore to oppose the Trust and BJP over the land deal row.
The seer also accused Jagatguru Swaroopanand Saraswati saying that the Aam Aadmi Party, SP and Congress paid him Rs 50 crore for making statements against the Trust and BJP.