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Trustee Anil Mishra's exit also confirmed; Ram Temple Trust to appoint CEO, panel formed to pick names.

"Trustees are pained that donations made to the temple were embezzled. It is unfortunate, and they did not defend this. They said that as soon as they came to know about it, they demanded that the government set up an SIT into the matter. As soon as the preliminary report of the SIT came, an FIR was lodged. The investigation should be completed on time, and the guilty should be punished. Stop mudslinging until then," he said.

The resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra were formally accepted on Monday as the Trust seeks to distance itself from the ongoing financial irregularities. Krishna Mohan has been entrusted with the responsibility of interim general secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust.

Krishna Mohan said the Trust would address the shortcomings and take all necessary measures to regain the confidence of devotees after the alleged embezzlement of donations.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust accepted the resignations of general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra. | India News

"The 'resignation' of two trustees in the Ram Temple of Ayodhya has been 'accepted' apparently due to accusations of fraud in the donations and funds, as per the news. But what about the fact that they were appointed by the BJP's Union government? What about the theft from the temple? What about the audacity and crime of looting the temple on which the BJP's entire 2-decade campaign was based?" Thackeray wrote on X.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for "strict punishment" in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation embezzlement case, calling the resignation of Trustees Champat Rai and Anil Mishra an attempt to save them.

A month after the Ram Temple donation theft controversy erupted, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has accepted the resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra, while appointing Krishna Mohan as interim General Secretary. But even as the Trust moved to change the guard, it strongly defended Champat Rai's role, praising his "maturity and magnanimity" and asserting that all donated valuables remain safe. Is the Trust taking genuine corrective action, or is this a clean-up exercise that stops short of fixing accountability?

Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) following the resignations of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

The Congress will continue to adhere to its ideology of inclusive politics and will not indulge in religious polarisation despite political challenges, AICC Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajani Patil said on Monday, while outlining the party's key political and public issues after a meeting of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).