File photo – Photo: SOCIAL MEDIA Detailed The amount donated by devotees in Mahakal temple is being spent lavishly on VVIPs. This was revealed in the Assembly when Congress MLA Mahesh Parmar sought details of the expenditure incurred by the Mahakal Trust. In the assembly, Tourism Minister Usha Thakur gave the account of the expenditure of five years. Former President Ramnath Kovind had come to Ujjain five months back. It also included the details of the amount spent on his arrival. According to Parmar, the amount donated by the devotees. Its expenditure should be on increasing the facilities of the devotees, while it is being spent on other works. The trust spent 233 lakh rupees on works done before Kovind’s arrival. In that lakh rupees were spent on red carpet carpet. two and a half on the flowers Lakhs spent
1671642962 The temple premises were decorated with flowers on the arrival of Kovind. An amount of Rs 2.5 lakh has been spent on this. 233 Lakhs of rupees were spent only in decoration from Nandi Hall to the exit gate. Apart from this, an amount of more than six lakhs was spent on the purchase of cover jute mat. Five lakh rupees from Prime Minister and Chief Minister Relief Fund and from Red Cross Society for arrival An amount of Rs. lakh was given. Apart from this, other works were also done. Parmar also questioned the distribution of prasad packets in the temple. He said that there is Shikhar’s photo on the packet, whereas after the prasad is over, the packet is thrown away. Shikhar is insulted by this.