Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday called for the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe “someone’s record-breaking” visits to Ayodhya.
His remarks came after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged all parties to refrain from making baseless comments that could hurt the sentiments of devotees.
“An SIT should also be constituted into someone’s record-breaking Ayodhya visits,” Yadav said in a post on X, without naming anyone.
Speaking in Ayodhya on Friday, Adityanath said a three-member SIT constituted by the state government to investigate alleged embezzlement of funds at the Ram temple will bring out the truth.
“At the (Ram temple) trust’s request, we have ordered an SIT investigation and I can assure you that this probe will bring the absolute truth to light. There is no doubt about that,” the chief minister said.
On June 13, the Uttar Pradesh government constituted the SIT following a request from the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra to investigate allegations of misappropriation of donation funds at the temple.
The probe was ordered after Yadav on June 7 cited reports alleging that crores of rupees offered as donations at the Ram temple were missing and urged the courts to take cognisance of the matter.
The alleged fund embezzlement has since triggered a war of words between the ruling BJP and the opposition.
