No one knows what is cooking in the
cook-house of our flambuoyant Finance Minister, P. Chidambram. The truth perhaps is known only to the ruling
Trimurti of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel and Dr. Manmohan Singh. The Finance
Minister, too, is a bit-player in the ongoing gold-game!
Despite an official denial in the
Parliament that the central government has no intention of grabbing temple gold
to tide over the looming monetary crisis and freefall of Indian Rupee, a number
of temples in Kerala are reported to have received letters from the Reserve
Bank of India seeking details about the quantum and value of gold held by them.
This has caused a fresh wave of panic among Hindu worshippers, not only in
Kerala but several parts of south India because a majority of temples in south
India are managed by Devasthan Boards controlled by respective State governments.
The Regional Director of of RBI, Gangadharan is reported to have confirmed to
IANS that such a communication has been sent to the temple authorities.
Ever since July 2011 when a Supreme
Court appointed Committee stumbled upon six vaults of the famous
Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple of Thiruvananthapuram the treasures worth
several lakh crores have received the attention of the financially- stressed central government,
despite official denials notwithstanding. The common refrain in whisper-tones across Lutyen’s New Delhi is under
whose orders the Reserve Bank of India has asked for this gilt-edged
information totally beyond the role assigned to the central bank!
The Reserve
Bank of India is the central bank of India. Its functions and role in managing
the monetary system has been elaborated in the RBI Act, 1934. But the aforesaid legislation does not
authorize the central bank to quantify and oversee the gold held by Hindu
temples. Then why and how this letter has been addressed to temples of Hindu
community alone!
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