Land Deal Transparent, Followed Fixed Protocol: Ayodhya Trust Secretary

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Champat Rai, Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra defended the transaction, explaining it in a series of tweets.

A land deal that has evoked allegations of a scam was carried out in a transparent manner and followed a certain protocol, the Ayodhya temple Trust said Monday. Two opposition parties of Uttar Pradesh has Sunday accused it of pulling off an illicit transaction in the temple town. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Champat Rai, Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra defended the transaction Monday, explaining it in a series of tweets. "The Trust carried out all transactions in a transparent manner and all payments were sent directly to bank accounts as part of a fixed protocol for all such acquisitions," Mr Rai said in his tweets. The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in separate press conferences, had claimed that two real estate dealers had allegedly purchased a property from an individual for Rs 2 crore and sold it -- within minutes -- to the Trust for Rs 18.5 crore.