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A sin is a violation of religious and moral laws. How to describe the enormity of the sin that is committed inside the temple, stealing donations and offerings to the grand deity to satiate your greed? That’s probably worse than sacrilege, far more wicked than normal misdeeds of immorality. It’s like taunting the divine authority.

Robbery in the Ram temple – how lowly are the people who commit and tolerate this sin? Who thought those who grabbed power chanting “Jai Shri Ram” would oversee such a heinous crime? Switch off CCTV cameras and take away bundles of notes on a daily basis, along with gold and silver ornaments, and then flex muscles by chanting Jai Shri Ram! Thieves presumed that Lord Ram is a helpless spectator and those meant to enforce accountability, their ideological brothers, won’t ever catch them.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh used these phrases – Organised loot and legalised plunder – for demonetisation. Who imagined those prophetic words will one day explain the occurrences at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, an instrument that propelled the Sangh Parivar to power in the country.

The Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust was formed by prime minister Narendra Modi on the instructions of the Supreme Court in February 2020. Bureaucrats, politicians and saints close to the Sangh Parivar were accommodated in the trust, with top Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Champat Rai acting as the general secretary. If theft of such mind-boggling dimensions has been reported from the temple, the Modi Government and the Sangh Parivar cannot evade responsibility. It is shocking that an FIR hasn’t been registered yet and the issue is being handled by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Serious allegations like the loot money ranging between Rs 200 crore to Rs 1,400 crore, deletion of CCTV footage, involvement of counting staff close to trust members and violation of rules have been made. Further allegations of 1,250 bricks........

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