New Delhi, July 10 -- Questioning "why is there a mess in the first place" in the Ram Mandir Trust, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court agreeing to hear petitions seeking an independent probe into the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra regarding allegations of embezzlement of donation funds.

Speaking to ANI, Khurshid said that since this matter is close to people's faith, it is a welcome sign that the top court has agreed to hear the pleas, but stated that they are just "cleaning up the mess."

Khurshid said, "These are legal dimensions. There is an investigation, then a report, and depending on the findings, the matter may proceed to trial and so on. Given the enormous p...