'Devotees feel betrayed': Rahul Gandhi, Kharge write to PM Modi, seek probe into Ram temple donation theft

Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, the Congress’s Leaders of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, respectively, on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking an “independent and comprehensive” probe into the alleged theft of donations at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya and calling his continued silence on the issue “unacceptable.”“Your silence now in the face of such a crime is unacceptable. It is your duty to ensure accountability and restitution.” They said the credibility of the government and the Trust rests on “how transparently and swiftly you act,” and that “the people of India are watching,” the two leaders wrote in the letter.The letter comes close to a month after an FIR was registered on June 25 over the alleged embezzlement of temple donations, following which the Trust’s general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra resigned, citing moral responsibility.