Govt duty-bound to set up trust by 3 months to build Ram temple in Ayodhya

The Centre is duty-bound to set up a new trust for the development of Ayodhya and the construction of a Ram temple within three months as per the directive of the Supreme Court, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (December 10).

In a written reply to a question, he said, the November 9 Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case included formulation of a scheme by the Centre with necessary provisions for the setting up of a trust, the functioning of the trust, the powers of the trustees, transfer of land to the trust and all necessary, incidental and supplemental matters.

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“The central government is duty-bound to act as per the directions and orders of the Hon’ble Court, within the stipulated time-frame,” Reddy said.

Settling a fractious issue that goes back by more than a century, the Supreme Court, in a historic verdict on November 9, backed the construction of a Ram temple by a government trust at the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town.

The apex court said the mosque should be constructed at a “prominent site” and a trust should be formed within three months for the construction of the temple at the site where many Hindus believe Lord Ram was born.