Overview
- Ajay Rai presented video footage on June 12 showing liquor outlets operating within the 13-kilometre ban zone of Ayodhya’s Ram Path despite the Municipal Corporation’s May 1 resolution.
- Congress alleges the state administration granted liquor licenses near the Ram Janmabhoomi without public explanation and has not taken action against implicated officials.
- Independent investigations suggest at least 82 people died in the Mahakumbh stampede, more than double the 37 fatalities acknowledged by the government.
- Opposition figures point to compensation discrepancies, highlighting that 19 unclaimed victims were cremated without assistance while other families received government aid.
- Congress has demanded full disclosure of liquor license records and comprehensive casualty figures from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s administration.