LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav sought a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into “someone’s record-breaking” visits to Ayodhya on Friday. His remarks came shortly after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath urged political parties to avoid making unfounded statements that could hurt the sentiments of devotees, according to news agency PTI“An SIT should also be constituted into someone’s record-breaking Ayodhya visits,” Yadav said in a post on X, without naming anyone. Addressing a gathering in Ayodhya, Adityanath said the three-member SIT set up by the state government to investigate allegations of embezzlement of funds at the Ram temple would uncover the facts.“At the (Ram temple) trust’s request, we have ordered an SIT investigation and I can assure you that this probe will bring the absolute truth to light. There is no doubt about that,” the chief minister said. The Uttar Pradesh government constituted the SIT on June 13 following a request from the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to examine allegations of misappropriation of donation funds at the temple. The controversy began after Yadav, on June 7, referred to reports claiming that crores of rupees donated at the Ram temple were unaccounted for and called upon the courts to take cognisance of the matter. Since then, the allegations have sparked a political showdown between the ruling BJP and the opposition, with both sides trading sharp accusations over the issue.
