Lucknow, July 20 -- A day after the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the litigants in the Ayodhya title suit case, approached the Supreme Court seeking directions for implementing the 2019 judgement that required the Centre to assign them "appropriate" role and representation in the management of the temple, Mahant Dinendra Das of the Nirmohi Akhara, who is a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, distanced himself from the Akhara's petition.

The petition filed on Saturday comes at a time when controversy has rocked the running of the Trust after donations were allegedly embezzled by people involved in the collection and counting of the money.

"I am not aware of Nirmohi Akhara's petition in the Supreme Court. I am not part of th...