With many Trinamool Congress ministers, MLAs and leaders behind bars, corruption has emerged as a big issue during the parliamentary polls in West Bengal. There is a fair chance of graft and pay-offs turning the tide in BJP’s favour, although TMC insists that its jailed leaders are innocent and are being unfairly targeted by enforcement agencies to help BJP outsmart the ruling party
The seats where AIMIM's candidates are contesting the assembly elections are also where Congress has a sizeable presence. Party workers and experts feel that this time AIMIM will have trouble beating allegations that it is BJP's 'B team'.
A model of the Ram temple to be built in Ayodhya. | PTI
The Aam Aadmi Party and the Samajwadi Party on Sunday alleged corruption in a land purchase deal by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The parties have demanded a high-level inquiry into the alleged financial irregularities.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh and Samajwadi Party member Pawan Pandey held separate press briefings where they levelled the corruption charges.
Singh claimed that a piece of land valued at Rs 5.8 crore was first bought by two persons, Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari, at Rs 2 crore. He alleged that the land was then sold a few minutes later to the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust at a price of Rs 18.5 crore. The land is 12,080 square meters in size, according to Pandey.