# Ayodhya Ram Temple Donation Theft: Trust Treasurer Refuses to Resign
Swami Govinddev Giri Maharaj, treasurer of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir trust, has stated he will not resign following an alleged embezzlement of donations. Instead, he has attributed responsibility for the theft to State Bank of India (SBI), claiming bank officials should have detected and flagged the irregular transactions involving donations to the temple.
The donation theft case has already prompted one resignation. Champat Rai, the general secretary of the trust, recently stepped down in connection with the embezzlement incident. Giri Maharaj's public refusal to resign contrasts with this departure and suggests differing perspectives within the trust's leadership regarding accountability for the alleged financial irregularities.
Giri Maharaj acknowledged that security lapses occurred in the handling of the donations. However, his remarks place primary responsibility on the banking institution rather than on the trust's internal oversight mechanisms, indicating that the treasurer believes external institutional failures were the primary cause of the alleged theft.
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