Ayodhya BJP mayor’s nephew bought land for 20 lakh, sold it to Ram temple trust for 2.5 crore

[Ryzen_renoir]

It’s a prime property of 890 sq meters, a piece of land where the grand Ram temple complex will soon come up. Until February this year, it belonged to a mahant, Devendra Prasadacharya. On February 20, one Deep Narayan bought the land – gata number 135 – from the mahant for Rs 20 lakh.

Narayan is the nephew of Rishikesh Upadhyaya, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader who is the mayor of Ayodhya. Land records accessed by Newslaundry show that three months later, on May 11, Narayan sold the property to the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, set up by the Narendra Modi government to oversee the temple’s construction, for Rs 2.5 crore.

Deep Narayan and Rishikesh Upadhyaya in a New Year greeting poster. Photo via Facebook

All this while, the property’s circle rate – the minimum amount of sale decided by local authorities – remained Rs 35.6 lakh.

The records locate the property at Kot Ramchandra, Haveli Awadh, under Sadar tehsil in Ayodhya. According to the property map in the records, and checked by Newslaundry on the ground, it’s adjacent to the so-called Ram Janmabhoomi.

We confirmed the details of these transactions from the website of the Integrated Grievance Redressal System, Uttar Pradesh, or IGRS UP. While the transaction certificate states that Narayan purchased land from Prasadacharya on February 20, 2021, a digital summary of the transaction erroneously puts it on February 22, 2021.

In price rate terms, Narayan bought the land at Rs 2,247 per sq metre from Prasadacharya and sold it at Rs 28,090 per sq metre to the temple trust. The circle rate in Kot Ramchandra is Rs 4,000 per sq metre.

Narayan’s Facebook profile describes him as an “active member” of the BJP.

Anil Mishra, a trust member, is listed as a legal witness for the transaction on May 11, when the trust, documents show, paid Narayan Rs 2.5 crore through RTGS. Narayan’s February 20 purchase names Ved Narayan Pandey and Pawan Tiwari as witnesses.

The day Narayan bought the 890 sq metre property from Prasadacharya, he also sold another piece of land – gata number 36M – in Kot Ramchandra to the temple trust for Rs 1 crore. This parcel, which covers 676.86 sq metres, was sold at a rate of Rs 14,774 per sq metre. At a circle rate of Rs 4,000 per sq metre, this property – 500 metres from the temple complex – is valued at Rs 27.08 lakh. Mishra was once again the legal witness to this purchase. 

Rishikesh Upadhyaya, extreme left, and Champat Rai, second from left, collect donations for the Ram temple in Ayodhya in February this year.

Tiwari is the brother-in-law of Sitla Pathak, who is the father-in-law of Upadhyaya’s son.

On March 18, the temple trust also directly bought 1.03 hectares of land at Bagbijaisi from the Pathaks for Rs 8 crore.

The land purchase in Kot Ramachandra follows the pattern of the deal at Bagbijaisi. The sellers – Harish Pathak and Prasadacharya – sold land to a relative of mayor Upadhyaya – Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Deep Narayan, respectively – at a price below the circle rate. The relatives in turn sold it at an inflated rate to the temple trust.

After controversy erupted over the Bagbijaisi land deal, the temple trust claimed that Tiwari and his associate Sultan Ansari had bought the land for only Rs 2 crore because of an earlier agreement between Tiwari, Ansari and Harish Pathak.

Mayor Upadhyaya neither denied nor confirmed his familial relation to Deep Narayan to Newslaundry. “I do not need to clarify. All of Ayodhya is related to me,” he said. “These allegations are politically motivated because the state elections are around the corner.”

Asked about Narayan’s sale and purchase of gata number 135, Upadhyaya said only Narayan and the temple trust would be able to comment on the deals. “The transactions are clean,” the mayor claimed. “A mountain is being created out of a molehill.”

The temple trust’s general secretary, Champat Rai, and trustee Anil Mishra did not respond to multiple calls for comment.

[8pm]

Monna 2cr di 18.5cr chesaru ippudu idhi.

Ram mandir peru to maanchi dhanda naduputunnaru

[Ryzen_renoir]

8 minutes ago, 8pm said:

Monna 2cr di 18.5cr chesaru ippudu idhi.

Ram mandir peru to maanchi dhanda naduputunnaru

Why are so they do brazenly corrupt in a project that has national attention .

I guess the biggest danger for ram Mandir is from the so called nationalists themselves

[dewarist]

10 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Why are so they do brazenly corrupt in a project that has national attention .

I guess the biggest danger for ram Mandir is from the so called nationalists themselves

[manadonga]

@rightwar bhayya endiidI

loka kalyanam kosamena ? 

[jawaani_jaaneman]

scam lekunda 2000 crores project implement cheyadama ?

cement lo isuka kalapakunda lekunda illu kattagalama ?

890 sq. meters...ante 1064 square yards....ante gajam ki 24,000 rupees. 

intha pedda project of national importance...land aquisition ki pushkalamaina paisal, open budget...pakka paisal 10getodu kuda vuntadu..bayataki vachevi chala takuva..

 

[jawaani_jaaneman]

oka city...a city ki oka mayor...ade city la project of historical significance..adiki telvakunda land aquisition jarugutada ? palana project vastundi ante, nalugu kaasulu enkala esukovadam mana leader's sahaja lakshanam, natural tendency and ilanti vishayallo no discrimination. 

Adu BJP party aina..Congress aina..Mamta for PM TMC party aina, secular party AIMIM aina..evadaina, paisal 10gadam, dobbadam khayam.

I'm actually surprised that this deal is very nominal...free and open budget vunna kuda 2.5 Cr chepalante takuva ne...25k/yard effective rate. Hyderabad la aithe ring road lopala dorkudu kastame...

 

[kevinUsa]

1 hour ago, jawaani_jaaneman said:

oka city...a city ki oka mayor...ade city la project of historical significance..adiki telvakunda land aquisition jarugutada ? palana project vastundi ante, nalugu kaasulu enkala esukovadam mana leader's sahaja lakshanam, natural tendency and ilanti vishayallo no discrimination. 

Adu BJP party aina..Congress aina..Mamta for PM TMC party aina, secular party AIMIM aina..evadaina, paisal 10gadam, dobbadam khayam.

I'm actually surprised that this deal is very nominal...free and open budget vunna kuda 2.5 Cr chepalante takuva ne...25k/yard effective rate. Hyderabad la aithe ring road lopala dorkudu kastame...

 

In the name of god discount

[jawaani_jaaneman]

4 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

In the name of god discount

In the name of greed, every thing comes second.

[Somedude]

2 hours ago, jawaani_jaaneman said:

scam lekunda 2000 crores project implement cheyadama ?

cement lo isuka kalapakunda lekunda illu kattagalama ?

890 sq. meters...ante 1064 square yards....ante gajam ki 24,000 rupees. 

intha pedda project of national importance...land aquisition ki pushkalamaina paisal, open budget...pakka paisal 10getodu kuda vuntadu..bayataki vachevi chala takuva..

 

Rey burra thakkuva vedhava cement lo isuka kalapadam anedhi necessary. Adhi scam kaadhu.
Dhevudu kosam chese projects lo kooda scams ni support cheyyadaniki siggu ledhu? Ilanti scam ki against ga voice raise cheyyakapoyina parledhu. Calm ga undu. scam lekunda 2000 crores project implement cheyadama lanti sollu kaburlu cheppaku.

[Somedude]

8 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Why are so they do brazenly corrupt in a project that has national attention .

I guess the biggest danger for ram Mandir is from the so called nationalists themselves

Ram temple agitation time lo 1400Crs donations vacchayi man. Avi ekkaadaki poyinayo evaraki theliyadhu.

 

 

[jawaani_jaaneman]

22 minutes ago, Somedude said:

Rey burra thakkuva vedhava cement lo isuka kalapadam anedhi necessary. Adhi scam kaadhu.
Dhevudu kosam chese projects lo kooda scams ni support cheyyadaniki siggu ledhu? Ilanti scam ki against ga voice raise cheyyakapoyina parledhu. Calm ga undu. scam lekunda 2000 crores project implement cheyadama lanti sollu kaburlu cheppaku.

Rey burra ekuvunna yedhava…

scam leni muchata edana vunte cheppu…

 

[Shameless]

9 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

It’s a prime property of 890 sq meters, a piece of land where the grand Ram temple complex will soon come up. Until February this year, it belonged to a mahant, Devendra Prasadacharya. On February 20, one Deep Narayan bought the land – gata number 135 – from the mahant for Rs 20 lakh.

Narayan is the nephew of Rishikesh Upadhyaya, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader who is the mayor of Ayodhya. Land records accessed by Newslaundry show that three months later, on May 11, Narayan sold the property to the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, set up by the Narendra Modi government to oversee the temple’s construction, for Rs 2.5 crore.

Deep Narayan and Rishikesh Upadhyaya in a New Year greeting poster. Photo via Facebook

All this while, the property’s circle rate – the minimum amount of sale decided by local authorities – remained Rs 35.6 lakh.

The records locate the property at Kot Ramchandra, Haveli Awadh, under Sadar tehsil in Ayodhya. According to the property map in the records, and checked by Newslaundry on the ground, it’s adjacent to the so-called Ram Janmabhoomi.

We confirmed the details of these transactions from the website of the Integrated Grievance Redressal System, Uttar Pradesh, or IGRS UP. While the transaction certificate states that Narayan purchased land from Prasadacharya on February 20, 2021, a digital summary of the transaction erroneously puts it on February 22, 2021.

In price rate terms, Narayan bought the land at Rs 2,247 per sq metre from Prasadacharya and sold it at Rs 28,090 per sq metre to the temple trust. The circle rate in Kot Ramchandra is Rs 4,000 per sq metre.

Narayan’s Facebook profile describes him as an “active member” of the BJP.

Anil Mishra, a trust member, is listed as a legal witness for the transaction on May 11, when the trust, documents show, paid Narayan Rs 2.5 crore through RTGS. Narayan’s February 20 purchase names Ved Narayan Pandey and Pawan Tiwari as witnesses.

The day Narayan bought the 890 sq metre property from Prasadacharya, he also sold another piece of land – gata number 36M – in Kot Ramchandra to the temple trust for Rs 1 crore. This parcel, which covers 676.86 sq metres, was sold at a rate of Rs 14,774 per sq metre. At a circle rate of Rs 4,000 per sq metre, this property – 500 metres from the temple complex – is valued at Rs 27.08 lakh. Mishra was once again the legal witness to this purchase. 

Rishikesh Upadhyaya, extreme left, and Champat Rai, second from left, collect donations for the Ram temple in Ayodhya in February this year.

Tiwari is the brother-in-law of Sitla Pathak, who is the father-in-law of Upadhyaya’s son.

On March 18, the temple trust also directly bought 1.03 hectares of land at Bagbijaisi from the Pathaks for Rs 8 crore.

The land purchase in Kot Ramachandra follows the pattern of the deal at Bagbijaisi. The sellers – Harish Pathak and Prasadacharya – sold land to a relative of mayor Upadhyaya – Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Deep Narayan, respectively – at a price below the circle rate. The relatives in turn sold it at an inflated rate to the temple trust.

After controversy erupted over the Bagbijaisi land deal, the temple trust claimed that Tiwari and his associate Sultan Ansari had bought the land for only Rs 2 crore because of an earlier agreement between Tiwari, Ansari and Harish Pathak.

Mayor Upadhyaya neither denied nor confirmed his familial relation to Deep Narayan to Newslaundry. “I do not need to clarify. All of Ayodhya is related to me,” he said. “These allegations are politically motivated because the state elections are around the corner.”

Asked about Narayan’s sale and purchase of gata number 135, Upadhyaya said only Narayan and the temple trust would be able to comment on the deals. “The transactions are clean,” the mayor claimed. “A mountain is being created out of a molehill.”

The temple trust’s general secretary, Champat Rai, and trustee Anil Mishra did not respond to multiple calls for comment.

idhi yaapaaram...

[bhaigan]

8 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Why are so they do brazenly corrupt in a project that has national attention .

I guess the biggest danger for ram Mandir is from the so called nationalists themselves

evaranna dani gurinchi topic teesthe chalu anti-national or some religious tag vesestharu

[bhaigan]

50 minutes ago, Somedude said:

Ram temple agitation time lo 1400Crs donations vacchayi man. Avi ekkaadaki poyinayo evaraki theliyadhu.

 

 

God save India