Kedarnath Gold Scam Controversy: Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple committee president Ajendra Ajay has accused the Congress of spreading ‘propaganda’ without any facts and evidence that 230 kg of gold was used in the Kedarnath Temple. The committee president of the temple asserted that only 23 kg of gold was used in the Kedarnath temple along with a 1,000 kg copper plate. 

He also promised to release the jeweller’s tax invoice in which all the details are mentioned about how much gold and copper was used there. "We have been saying from the beginning that there was 23 kg of gold in the sanctum sanctorum of Kedarnath and a 1000 kg copper plate was installed in it, but some Congress leaders are spreading propaganda under the conspiracy that 230 kg gold was used in Kedarnath," Ajendra Ajay, the trust head, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. 

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Ajay accused the grand old party of spreading such rumours ahead of the upcoming by-elections in Kedarnath, calling these allegations ‘baseless’ and ‘politically motivated’. “As the Assembly by-elections are to be held in Kedarnath, the Congress people are spreading such propaganda without any facts and evidence. Such unfortunate and condemnable allegations are being made by the Congress and its supporters only to create a sensation,” he said. 

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This comes after the Kedarnath temple management came under fire after allegations of a gold scam in the Shiva temple. Earlier, on July 15, Swami Avimukteshwaranand, Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth, also claimed that 228 kg of gold was missing from Kedarnath, alleging a gold scam.

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Following the allegations of a gold scam, the Uttarakhand government formed a panel last month to probe the matter. The secretary of culture and religious affairs, Harichandra Semwal, has been instructed by the state's minister of tourism, religion, and culture, Satpal Maharaj, to establish a high-level inquiry committee following the allegations. 

The committee, headed by the Garhwal commissioner, will include technical experts and goldsmiths to thoroughly investigate the matter. Kedarnath is one of the four sacred Hindu shrines of the Char Dham, along with Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. It is situated in the Uttarakhand state of the country and is nearly 86 kilometres from Rudraprayag, the district headquarters.


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