Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu fired a two-front attack on the BJP on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — accusing the party of misappropriating Ram Temple donations and of announcing but never delivering a ₹1,500-crore disaster-relief package promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flood-hit Himachal Pradesh.

In a pointed post on X, Sukhu said in Hindi: 'BJP ke logon ne Prabhu Ram ke mandir nirmaan ke liye chanda toh ikattha kiya, lekin mandir ke chadhave ko kha gaye' — 'BJP leaders collected donations for Lord Ram's temple but swallowed the temple offerings themselves.' He framed it as a pattern: a party that 'plays with people's emotions' while the Congress, he claimed, genuinely respects them.

The ₹1,500-Crore Announcement That Never Arrived

The sharper charge is about money and accountability. Sukhu says PM Modi announced ₹1,500 crore in central disaster assistance for Himachal Pradesh after the devastation of 2024–25 — a period when the state was battered by monsoon floods and landslides that gutted roads, homes, and mountain-side infrastructure across several districts.

After that announcement, BJP leaders held a press conference in Shimla, asserting the funds had been disbursed. Sukhu says the state government duly thanked the Centre — and then waited. 'We thanked them,' he wrote, 'but that amount has not reached the state to this day. I don't know where ₹1,500 crore got stuck.' The research note flags that the precise transfer status cannot be independently confirmed from available data, so the claim remains Sukhu's on-record allegation.

Centre-State Relief Disputes: A Familiar Fault Line

Himachal Pradesh is among India's most disaster-prone Himalayan states, routinely seeking National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)-linked central assistance after monsoon seasons. The state has flagged delays in central fund releases before — a friction that tends to sharpen along political lines when the state and central governments are held by rival parties.

The Congress government in Shimla has been vocal about what it describes as step-motherly treatment from the BJP-led Centre. Sukhu's post weaves that fiscal grievance together with the religion-politics charge, framing both as instances of BJP 'playing with people's sentiments' — whether the sentiment is devotion to Ram or the desperation of disaster survivors.

The Ram Temple Charge: What Sukhu Is Referring To

The reference to temple donations touches a nationally sensitive topic. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust was constituted to oversee both fundraising and construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which drew massive public donations. Sukhu's allegation — that BJP figures 'ate the offerings' — implies financial impropriety within that process. That is a serious charge, and the research block marks specifics as unverified. Sukhu offers no documentary evidence in the post itself.

What is clear is the political intent: by linking Ram Temple fund management to disaster relief disbursement, the CM is constructing a unified narrative of a party that, in his telling, collects from people but does not deliver to them.

With the ₹1,500-crore question now public and on record, the Finance Ministry and BJP's Himachal Pradesh unit are effectively on notice — and their response, or silence, will write the next paragraph of this story.