The state unit BJP has said that Akhilesh Yadav Government has diverted Rs 1 crore from the State-run organisation Ayodhya Research Institute to cultural fest in Saifai.
The Institute carries out research work on the life of lord Ram and Ramayana.BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said that this information was leaked out when the officials of the institute came to know that they have no money left to pay the tri-monthly stipend to a research scholar.
Not only this, the institute also finances the Ram lila which runs the show throughout the year. Many artists have also not received their remuneration for last two months., he said and added that the director of the institute, YP Singh was the nodal officer of the Saifai Mahotsav and diverted the money to please his political bosses leaving the research scholars in the lurch.
“This incident has exposed the lies of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Defending Saifai Mahotsav Yadav had said that the Government had spent just Rs 1 crore and that too was the allocation made for the Saifai Mahotsav in the annual budget. But now he should justify why diversion of funds was made from this Institute,” he said.
Pathak said as why this small institute was deprived of financial support. Just because this organisation finances research on lord Ram, the so-called secular Government picked up this institution, he asks.