Consultation Process For Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust Underway

NEW DELHI: In its historic Ayodhya judgement after the Supreme Court mandated a trust for overseeing the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Centre has started the process of setting up the trust, with a team of officers examining the order threadbare. The consultation process is underway, however, no decision has yet been taken.

A team of officials have been tasked with studying the apex court order threadbare for its technicality and nuances so that the trust can be constituted exactly as per the Supreme Court verdict, an official told a news agency on Monday.

Opinions of the Ministry of Law and the attorney general will be taken on how to proceed on setting up the trust that will fix the modalities for construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

However, it was not immediately clear whether the Ministry of Home Affairs or the Ministry of Culture will be the nodal body for the Ayodhya Ram temple trust, another official told the news agency.

In a historic and unanimous verdict on Saturday, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the 2.77-acre disputed site in Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot at a "prominent" location to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi in 1,045-page verdict added that the faith of Hindus that Lord Ram was born at the site was undisputed, and he is symbolically the owner of the land.

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