Ram Temple Land Row: Trust says allegations baseless after opposition alleges scam

The land costs have rocketed in Ayodhya following the Supreme Court docket verdict.

Ram Temple Land Rip-off: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra belief has rubbished the allegations of a land rip-off levelled by opposition leaders Tejnarayan Pandey Pawan of Samajwadi Occasion and Sanjay Singh of Aam Aadmi Party. The belief’s common secretary Champat Rai mentioned that the organisation is dedicated to full transparency and has bought the land at a less expensive worth in comparison with the market price. Rai mentioned that the belief is working to offer a grand form to the Ram Temple premises and make it snug for guests maintaining in thoughts Vastu Shastra. He mentioned that the belief is buying land on the east and west facet after settlement from the land/temple house owners.

“Teerth Kshetra has determined to rehabilitate every organisation/particular person being displaced as a result of course of. Even the rehabilitation land is being chosen as per the consent of the affected individuals,” mentioned Rai.

Reacting to the land deal in query, he mentioned that 1.2 hectare Bagh Bijesi land in Ayodhya was bought in a clear method after the consent of necessary temples like Kaushalya Sadan.

“It’s notable that the mentioned land is a chief location close to Ayodhya Railway Station. Agreements have been performed with completely different events for this land in 2011, 2017 and 2019. On analysis, we discovered this land appropriate for us and we contacted the proprietor. The requested worth of the land as in comparison with the current market worth and the ultimate worth was agreed at Rs 1423 per sq. ft which is method lower than the market worth….The Teerth Kshetra bought the land registered transparently,” mentioned Champat Rai. He added that the cost was made immediately into the checking account and taxes have been additionally paid.

समस्त रामभक्तों से निवेदन है कि वे किसी भी दुष्प्रचार में विश्वास ना करें, ताकि श्री रामजन्मभूमि पर मंदिर निर्माण का कार्य शीघ्र निर्विघ्न रूप से पूरा हो। pic.twitter.com/qPKV9xJ7ky

— Champat Rai (@ChampatRaiVHP) June 14, 2021

The land costs have rocketed in Ayodhya following the Supreme Court docket verdict. In line with PTI, some native actual property agent/sellers claimed that the market worth for the 12,000-square metre plot purchased in March by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra Belief in Ayodhya is definitely 3 times what it paid. In line with some property sellers, the land the belief purchased for Rs 18.5 crore is value Rs 5,000 per sq. foot. Native vendor Saurabh Vikram Singh put its market worth at over Rs 60 crore, reported PTI.

Sanjay Singh and Pawan Pandey had claimed that the belief purchased the land for over Rs 18 crore from individuals who bought it for simply Rs 2 crore — simply minutes earlier. Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned the deal betrayed the religion of the religious who had donated cash for the development of the Ram temple.

The Ram temple belief has purchased the land from Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari who had bought the 1,29,980 sq ft of land unfold over plot numbers 243, 244 and 246 from Harish Pathak and his spouse Kusum Pathak for Rs 2 crore.

On March 18, 2021, Ansari and Tiwari paid up and the land was transferred to them. The temple belief then purchased it from them, by way of Champat Rai, at Rs 18.4 crore.