AIMPLB to take action against its member for Ram temple proposal

The AIMPLB, an apex body of Indian Muslims, is set to take action against its executive member, Moulana Salman Hasni Nadvi, for mooting a proposal to hand over disputed land in Ayodhya, where Babri Masjid once stood, for the construction of Ram temple.

Taking strong exception to the proposal, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has formed a four-member committee to take disciplinary action against Nadvi, an eminent cleric who mooted the proposal during a meeting with spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

AIMPLB member S.Q.R. Ilyas told IANS on Saturday that the Board President would take action after a report is submitted to hiim by the disciplinary committee.

With the executive meeting on Friday pulling up Nadvi for his proposal, he stayed away from the plenary meeting on the second day. Talking to reporters, he alleged that two executive members Zafar Yab Jeelani and Ilyas humiliated him.

Ilyas denied the allegation. “The meeting was held in a democratic manner. There was a unanimous feeling that Salman Nadvi should not have made the offer that is against the known stand of the board,” he said.

Ilyas, who is convenor of the Babri Masjid committee of the board, said Nadvi should have raised any issue in the AIMPLB meeting before speaking publicly. Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has been appointed as Special Public Prosecutor for the 2G Spectrum Scam case to file an appeal against the acquittal of the accused by a trial court in December last year.

A notification issued on February 8 says that the Central government has appointed Tushar Mehta as Special Public Prosecutor for “conducting prosecution, appeals/revisions or other proceedings” arising out of the cases relating to 2G spectrum investigated by the CBI before the Special 2G court and the appellate/revisional court, reports IANS.

It made no mention of the fate of senior counsel Anand Grover who was appointed Special Public Prosecutor by the Supreme Court on September 2, 2014.

Grover’s appointment followed the incumbent U.U. Lalit’s appointment as top court judge. He was representing both the Central Board of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate.

Prior to Lalit, senior counsel K.K. Goel argued the case in its initial days but he was replaced by A.K. Singh. However, Singh was dropped after he was allegedly heard in a telephonic conversation advising one of the accused how to fight the case and Goel then staged a comeback

After Lalit was sworn in as top court judge on August 13, 2014, Grover’s name was recommended by now Attorney General K.K.