Overview
- Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi has resigned and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has formally relieved him of the patron (Palak) role, with health cited as the official reason.
- Investigators are examining reports of missing donation funds collected for the Ayodhya temple and the probe has drawn parliamentary attention and media scrutiny.
- The Trust has not officially linked Joshi’s resignation to the financial review and is treating the personnel changes and the probe as separate matters for now.
- Champat Rai, the Trust’s recently resigned general secretary, left earlier and the twin departures have raised immediate questions about who will handle coordination and daily oversight.
- Joshi served for years in senior RSS posts and acted mainly as an adviser to the Trust, a background that gives his exit political resonance and could prompt calls for clearer financial controls and governance reform.