There’s a growing uproar over allegations of scam in the purchase of land by Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra in Ayodhya. On Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh once again made serious allegations against the trust and demanded a thorough inquiry. Singh, armed with a few new documents, reiterated that the trust—by paying Rs 18.5 crore—bought the land a higher price.
Singh alleged that at the price the trust bought 12,080 square metres of land, 26,000 square metres of land could actually have been purchased.
“The rate of the adjacent land is Rs 8 crore. This land is next to the one bought by the trust for Rs 18.5 crore,” said the AAP leader.
“The land which was bought for Rs 8 crore is 10,370 square metres and the one bought for Rs 18.5 crore is 12,080 square metres. Is this corruption or not? At least 26,000 square metres of land could be bought at this rate, but only 12,080 square metres were purchased.”
The AAP Rajya Sabha MP made another big allegation when he said that with the money received in the deal, another land was bought.
“On 7 June, BJP Mayor Hrishikesh Upadhyay’s nephew, Deep Narayan Upadhyay, bought a land worth Rs 1 crore 90 lakh. His income should be probed. How did he buy land for Rs 1.90 crore when he has no source of income?”
