TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Monday, July 6, 2026, launched a sharp attack on the BJP and RSS, alleging that millions of rupees have been looted from Lord Ram's temple by a BJP/RSS-led organisation and that Lord Hanuman was made to 'dance vulgarly with a BJP flag' to please Nitin Nabin, a BJP functionary. The post, shared on X, also included a video and questioned what she called the degradation of Hindu faith by the ruling party.

Context

Moitra wrote: 'Millions looted from Lord Ram's temple by BJP/RSS led organisation, Lord Hanuman forced to dance vulgarly with BJP flag to please @NitinNabin. What depths of corruption and obscenity will BJP take our Hindu faith to?' The post was accompanied by a video, the contents of which she presented as evidence for both the alleged financial misconduct and the religious imagery she described as obscene.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust, which manages the Ayodhya Ram Temple, was constituted following the Supreme Court's 2019 verdict and oversaw the temple's inauguration in January 2024. Several of its members have documented affiliations with the RSS. The trust is responsible for managing all donations and construction activity at the site.

Policy Backdrop

The management of major Hindu pilgrimage sites — and the utilisation of the vast donation funds they attract — has been a recurring political flashpoint across multiple state governments in India. Opposition parties have periodically raised allegations of fund misuse and partisan symbolism in the administration of temple trusts, particularly those overseen by BJP-affiliated bodies.

Since the 2019 Supreme Court judgment handed control of the Ayodhya site to the Teerth Kshetra trust, the temple and its associated finances have been under heightened public and political scrutiny. Religious imagery and temple-related events have featured prominently in political messaging by multiple parties, with the intensity particularly sharp around Ayodhya-related milestones.

Stakeholders and Impact

Hindu devotees and pilgrims who contribute to the Ram Temple's donation corpus are the primary stakeholders in any allegations of fund misuse. The Teerth Kshetra trust has not, as of this report, publicly responded to Moitra's specific claims. Nitin Nabin, the BJP functionary named in the post, has also not issued a public statement in response.

Opposition parties, including the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), have increasingly sought to contest the BJP's claim to being the sole guardian of Hindu sentiment, framing allegations of corruption and vulgarity at religious sites as evidence of the ruling party's instrumentalisation of faith for political ends. The post is likely to amplify calls from opposition benches for an independent audit of the Teerth Kshetra trust's accounts.

What's Next

With Parliament's monsoon session approaching, Moitra's post signals that temple fund management and religious propriety at BJP-affiliated events may feature in opposition parliamentary questions and adjournment motions. State-level audit reports on temple donation utilisation could also be demanded by opposition legislators in Uttar Pradesh and other states.

Whether the Teerth Kshetra trust or the BJP issues a formal rebuttal — or whether the video evidence cited by Moitra prompts a wider public debate — will determine how far this controversy travels beyond social media in the days ahead.