On Saturday, Ayodhya seers advised the temple Trust to plough in the surplus money into development of Ayodhya and warned against misuse of the money donated by crores of Ram Bhakts.
However, Dr Anil Misra, member of the Trust said, “The budget for building the temple complex is not final and this will be known only after the construction is complete.”
Talking to TOI, peethadeshwar of Tapaswi Chawni, Swami Paramhans Acharya, said, “The Trust should use additional funds to set up a Sanskrit University in Ayodhya in the name of Mata Sita and establish a goshala for free supply of milk in the temple town.”
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LUCKNOW: A supplementary chargesheet was filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a Lucknow court on Thursday against the Gujarat handler of Chandauli resident, Mohammad Rashid, who was charged with spying for Pakistan and receiving arms training in Karachi.
Nabbed in September 30 last year, Rashid’s point man in Gujarat, Rajakbhai Kumbhar, would operate on instructions of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and was tracked down after Rashid spilled the beans on his whereabouts in NIA custody. Rashid was arrested from the east UP district of Chandauli by the anti-terrorist squad in January 19 last year and a chargesheet was filed seven months later.
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AYODHYA: Chairman of the Ram temple construction committee Nripendra Mishra, who is on a four-day visit to Ayodhya, did a quick survey of the Ramjanmabhoomi premises on Thursday.
“Currently, Trust coffers have a balance of Rs 1,900 crore since VHP launched the funds-raising drive on January 15,” Ram temple Trust treasurer Govind Dev Giri has told TOI.
Engineers of Larsen and Toubro and Tata Consultancy also joined Mishra before they proceeded to Faizabad Circuit House to discuss the new blueprint of the foundation. All members of the temple Trust and top district administration officials were present at the meeting.
LUCKNOW: In a significant development, the UP Assembly passed the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill, 2021 by a voice vote on Wednesday. The bill will now be sent to the UP legislative council for its approval before it becomes an Act after a formal nod by the governor. The ruling BJP doesn t have a majority in the upper house, so it would be a real test for its floor managers to get the bill through.
The bill was put forth in the assembly by parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna for voting.
The opposition leaders, however, demanded that the bill be referred to the select committee for its consideration. The demand was raised by BSP legislative party leader Lalji Verma and Congress legislative party leader Aradhana Mishra. Khanna, however, maintained that the government was not against religious conversion provided it is not done unlawfully through mis-representation, force or undue influence.