Overview
- A three-member selection committee led by retired Justice Pramod Kohli submitted a sealed list of three shortlisted candidates to the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust on Tuesday.
- The Trust will hold two sittings on Wednesday to pick the CEO and to consider a proposed amendment to the trust deed along with appointments for a secretary and possible new trustees.
- The CEO role is being framed as the trust's top executive reporting to the general secretary with responsibility for statutory, administrative and financial compliance after a recruitment drive that screened 5,585 applications.
- A Uttar Pradesh SIT report that criticised the trust’s financial controls named Ram Shankar ‘Tinnu’ Yadav as an alleged mastermind in the diversion of offerings, led to eight arrests, and preceded the resignations of senior trust officials Champat Rai and Anil Mishra.
- If the Trust confirms the CEO and approves the deed change it will also place audited FY2025–26 accounts before trustees and create permanent security coordination, steps intended to strengthen oversight and restore public confidence while political figures press for court‑supervised review.