Congress Calls for Supreme Court‑Supervised Probe into Alleged Ram Temple Donation Scam

On Monday, Congress MP K.C. Venugopal slipped an adjournment motion onto the Lok Sabha’s agenda, asking members to put a pause on regular business and grapple with what he described as a "shocking revelation" of financial fraud at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

According to the notice, donations – cash, gold, and other valuables poured in by millions of devotees over the years – have allegedly been siphoned off by a well‑organised racket. Venugopal paints a grim picture: bundles of money and jewellery, meant for the sanctum, reportedly vanished, leaving the faith of 1.4 billion Indians in tatters.

The motion doesn’t just list accusations; it points to what it calls "deep‑rooted institutional complicity." It alleges that about seven to eight months of crucial CCTV footage were deliberately erased, and that a former Chief Accounts Officer – who first raised red‑flags in 2020‑21 – was quietly removed from his post.

Adding fuel to the fire, the notice claims the state‑appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the FIR filed on June 25 appear to be a mere "eyewash," targeting only low‑level outsourced staff while protecting the alleged masterminds behind a multi‑crore embezzlement.

Venugopal’s demand is clear: the Union Government should set up a high‑level, independent inquiry, overseen by a Supreme Court judge, to unearth the truth, safeguard the sacred offerings and hold the guilty parties accountable.

He isn’t the only one. A few days earlier, fellow Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala also lodged an adjournment motion on the same issue, signaling that the opposition is gearing up for a serious showdown during the Monsoon Session, which began at 11 a.m. on July 20 and will run until August 13.

The opening day of the session is packed – from obituary references and Question Hour to the introduction of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026. Meanwhile, in the Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah is set to table a bill that would criminalise any insult or obstruction to the national song “Vande Mataram.”

With the Ayodhya donation controversy joining a litany of other hot‑button issues – like the NEET‑UG 2026 paper leak – political tensions are bound to rise. Whether the Supreme Court will take up the proposed probe remains to be seen, but for now, the opposition is intent on keeping the matter front‑and‑center in Parliament’s debates.