New Delhi, July 19 -- The political tensions amid the ongoing chaos over allegations of donation theft at Ayodhya's Ram Mandir heightened on Sunday as senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue and demanded accountability over what he called the "Chanda Chori, Aastha Dhoka".

In an X post, the Congress MP endorsed a letter written jointly by senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. In the letter, the two leaders urged PM Modi to immediately order an independent and comprehensive investigation into the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's "financial affairs".

"It is only appropriate that the two LOPs have written to the PM on the Chanda Chori Aastha Dhoka involving ...