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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has accused the RSS of \u201cpot calling the kettle black\u201d over its demand for action in the fund embezzlement in Ayodhya Ram Temple construction.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, reacting to remarks by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, Kharge questioned the organisation\u2019s moral authority to seek punitive action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho are they to seek punishment? Why did they wait for so long? Their own people did this,\u201d Kharge told reporters in Kalaburagi.<\/p>\n

The BJP hit back, saying the Congress and Samajwadi Party had no moral right to question the matter as they had \u201copposed the Ram Temple\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has accused the RSS of \u201cpot calling the kettle black\u201d over its demand for action in the fund embezzlement in Ayodhya Ram Temple construction. 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