Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during the installation ceremony of new Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president B.K. Hariprasad at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Sunday.
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Alleging that ₹5,000 crore had been misused in the construction of the Sri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun M. Kharge on Sunday claimed that the temple had been built to loot money and sought an investigation to reveal those involved in the alleged scam.“The temple has been constructed to loot money. Nobody gave any account of the money collected after (L.K.) Advani’s Rath Yatra. Now, after the construction of the temple, ₹5,000 crore has been misused. There are reports suggesting that the poojary (priest) has swindled money in the name of Lord Rama,” Mr. Kharge said during the installation ceremony of new Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B.K. Hariprasad here on Sunday.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, party MP Randeep Surjewala, and senior Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad, during the installation ceremony of Hariprasad as the new Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Sunday.
