Overview
- At meetings in Ayodhya on Wednesday, July 22, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust approved a one-month delay for the CEO selection after the three-member panel reported about 5,200 applications.
- The Trust appointed an interim secretary and an official spokesperson to handle day-to-day administration and public communication until a permanent CEO is chosen.
- A nine-member religious committee was reconstituted to oversee temple rituals and plans were approved to set up a permanent institute to train and certify priests.
- Trustees directed the finance committee to review the State Bank of India arrangement and the standard operating procedures for counting offerings after reported irregularities in the donation-counting system.
- The delay and interim reforms come as the Uttar Pradesh SIT's final report on alleged donation misappropriation remains under judicial scrutiny and the Trust set September 2 for its next full meeting.