Ram Temple Trust accepts Champat Rai's resignation, Krishna Mohan appointed interim general secretary

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has accepted the resignation of general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Dr Anil Mishra amid allegations of embezzlements of donations at the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, said trust's treasurer Swami Govind Dev Giri Maharaj on Monday. 

Speaking to reporters following the high-level meeting that went on for over two hours, Giri said the guilty will be brought to justice, while appealing to people to maintain peace and calm. He also took a swipe at the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, without naming the two oppositon parties, saying they were trying to politicise the matter.

He further stated that Krishna Mohan has been appointed as the interim general secretary of the trust in Rai's place, adding that another meeting will be held on July 22 after the SIT's final report is released.

"Our Trust is



fully committed to ensuring such impeccable execution, and we have constituted a small committee to appoint specific officials for this purpose; we will continue to advance the work in this way," Giri said.

"We are meeting again on the 22nd. We anticipate that the SIT’s final report will be available to us by that time; we are meeting on the 22nd to deliberate on that report and to appoint additional trustees. We wish to state unequivocally that theft is theft, and the SIT is currently investigating the matter; that is the administration's responsibility," he added.

The development comes after the trust held a high-level meeting at the guest house inside the temple's premises and expressed confidence into the investigation that is being conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was constituted by the Yogi Adityanath government earlier.