New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for the appointment of a government nominee to the Ayodhya mosque trust constituted for the construction of the mosque.
The petition has been jointly filed by Shishir Chaturvedi and Karunesh Kumar Shukla through Senior Advocate Hari Shanker Jain who appeared for one of the Hindu parties in Ram Janmbhumi- Babri masjid dispute of Ayodhya.
The petitioners have contended that "Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust" will get donations from various Indians and foreign countries and in such a case government must control any malpractice and misuse of money received by making itself a part of it.
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Drawing parallel with the trust created for Ram temple, "Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust", the petitioners say that to ensure peace and tranquility in the "sensitive" Ayodhya there is a requirement of proper management of the funds.
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has created an 'Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation', a 15-member trust for building a mosque and other facilities on the land allotted in Ayodhya by the Uttar Pradesh Government on the Supreme Court's instructions. In the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land case, the Supreme Court had, on November 9 last year, directed the Central government to hand over the site at Ayodhya for the construction of a temple and set up a trust for the same.
