SUNNI BOARD MAY ALSO FORM TRUST FOR MOSQUE

LUCKNOW : With a trust for Ram temple construction in place, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (SCWB) is also likely to follow suit and form a trust to oversee construction of a mosque at the five-acre land in Ayodhya, given to it in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict in Ayodhya title suit case. The UP government has already allocated a land in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village to the SCWB.

“The final call on the formation of trust will be taken in the meeting scheduled on Monday (February 24),” said an SCWB member, not willing to be named.

LUCKNOW: With a trust for Ram Temple construction in place, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (SCWB) is also likely to follow suit and form a trust to oversee construction of a mosque at the five-acre land in Ayodhya, given to it in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict in Ayodhya title suit case. The UP government has already allocated a land in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village to the SCWB.

“The final call on the formation of trust will be taken in the meeting scheduled on Monday (February 24),” said an SCWB member, not willing to be named. The SCWB was the main litigant from the Muslim side in the title suit. A team of SCWB had last week inspected the piece of allocated land. “It is located around 18 km from the district headquarter in Faizabad and 200 metre from the highway. It has easy an access,” said the member.

“The meeting has been called to discuss the formalities related with formally accepting the land, initiating the process of formation of trust and deciding on other allied structures, apart from the mosque, that could come up on the five-acre land,” said the member adding, “The board meeting will be crucial as it will add clarity to the issues related to the construction of mosque, which are so far unclear and undefined.” A few SCWB members earlier suggested that along with the mosque, the board should construct some facilities such as hospital.