Jaipur, July 9 -- Congress leader Ashok Gehlot questioned the delayed response from investigative authorities and political leadership, asserting that the trust overseeing the temple funds should have been dissolved the moment evidence tampering came to light.

Speaking to the reporters on Wednesday, Gehlot launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the alleged embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations, saying that there was complete silence on the matter from both BJP and RSS for several days.

"When will action be taken? When information about this incident first surfaced, the CCTV footage had been deleted. The immediate course of action should have been to dissolve the trust and launch an investigat...