Akhilesh’s ‘4C formula’ jibe at BJP, Yogi’s ‘challenge’: Ram Temple donation row intensifies
Political slugfest between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Uttar Pradesh intensified on Sunday over the Ram Temple donation controversy. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath challenged SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to publicly back a movement for the Krishna Janmabhoomi, while the opposition leader accused the ruling party of moving from a “nation first” approach to a “donation first” one. A war of words between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and UP CM Yogi Adityanath continued on Sunday. (PTI/ANI) The row over donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple first surfaced on June 7 when SP leader Tej Narayan ‘Pawan’ Pandey alleged that between ₹5 crore and ₹7.5 crore from temple offerings had been siphoned off. On June 13, the state government constituted a special investigation team (SIT) at the request of the temple trust. Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘4C formula’ jibe at BJP Yadav on Sunday accused the ruling party of reducing Uttar Pradesh to a “paper leak government” and said it was working on a “4C formula” consisting of “chanda (donations), chori …

