BJP demands Devaswom Board recover funds spent on Ayyappa Sangamam

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 6 (UNI) BJP National Executive Committee member Kummanam Rajasekharan has strongly condemned the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for sanctioning Rs 8.22 crore for the recent Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
He described the expenditure as a "wasteful and unnecessary extravaganza."
Rajasekharan alleged that Rs 4.11 crore of the sanctioned amount had already been disbursed to the Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society, which is under the control of the ruling CPI(M).

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LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D64U

LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D63U

LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D62U

LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D61U

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LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D55U

LUCKNOW , JULY 20 (UNI):- Samajwadi Party (SP) workers staged a protest at the Hazratganj intersection against the detention of SP MP Dimple Yadav and other opposition members in New Delhi. Police later detained the protesters in Lucknow on Monday. UNI PHOTO-D54U

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