Before the Lok Sabha broke for the afternoon, members observed a moment of silence to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Once the session resumed briefly, the floor descended into chaos. Samajwadi Party MPs brandished posters labeling officials as "donation thieves," while other opposition leaders demanded a direct explanation from Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the July 20 police response at Jantar Mantar. Congress MP Manickam Tagore formally moved to suspend legislative business to force a debate on these security actions.
Political friction reached a boiling point regarding the alleged embezzlement of temple funds. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut pushed back against accusations from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, who had previously branded opposition parties as "anti-Lord Ram" for their scrutiny of the temple’s finances. Raut dismissed the government's rhetoric, arguing that questioning the disappearance of donations, ornaments, and religious relics is a matter of accountability rather than faith. The opposition maintains that the government is shielding those responsible for the reported looting of donation boxes while weaponizing religious sentiment to deflect from allegations of corruption.
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