Kolkata, July 4 -- Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the BJP over the recent controversies surrounding the alleged donation embezzlement in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, accusing those in power of defaming Lord Ram and failing millions of devotees.

Addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday, Banerjee said, "Today the name of lord Ram has been tarnished; you (BJP) played in the name of Hindutva and finished Hinduism. There is no clear direction, though they certainly want the donation boxes. Such rampant exploitation in just two months. All I would like to say is: please run the government properly."

Her remarks come amid an ongoing probe into an alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Mandir trus...