Monsoon Session: Congress set to stall House over Ram temple donation scam
The Congress party has announced plans to continue disrupting Parliament to demand a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into alleged corruption within the Ayodhya temple trust. Congress leaders accuse the BJP government of shielding high-level officials involved in a donation scam.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political instability in the Indian Parliament and the use of corruption allegations as a primary tool for opposition strategy against the ruling party.
NEW DELHI: Signaling continuing disruption in Parliament in the coming week, Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of avoiding Parliament at a time when the Opposition has been raising the crucial issue of Ayodhya donation scam.Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleged that all "chanda chor" belong to BJP family, even as he trained his guns at the PM for "protecting the big fish" of the temple trust in the donation scam while catching the minions working there.
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