India: Congress' Ajay Rai claims 'arrest' amid Ram temple embezzlement row
Key takeaways
- Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Rai claimed he was being detained in Ayodhya as he tried to visit the Ram temple amid an ongoing embezzlement controversy.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5GI0o Building the Shri Ram temple was a central campaign promise for current Prime Minister Narendra Modi Image: ANIAdvertisement.
- "The BJP government's dictatorship has reached its peak!" Rai said in a post on X, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party for the "arrest."
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Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Rai claimed he was being detained in Ayodhya as he tried to visit the Ram temple amid an ongoing embezzlement controversy.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GI0o Building the Shri Ram temple was a central campaign promise for current Prime Minister Narendra Modi Image: ANIAdvertisement. The head of India's opposition Congress party in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Ajay Rai, alleged that he was held by police authorities at his hotel in the northern city of Ayodhya, just as he arrived with a party delegation on Monday to visit the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir amid an ongoing graft row.
"The BJP government's dictatorship has reached its peak!" Rai said in a post on X, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party for the "arrest."