BJP Rule Left Archaeological Body "Paralysed": Ex-Official vs Ex-Minister
NDTV
Archaeologist KK Muhammed, who claims to have first witnessed the remains of Ram temple under the Babri masjid in Ayodhya, made the remarks in his autobiography.
Archaeologist K K Muhammed, who claims to have first witnessed the remains of a Ram temple under the Babri masjid in Ayodhya, has alleged in a book that the ASI became "a wholly-paralysed body" after 2014, a charge strongly rebutted by former Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma.
Mr Sharma has also warned of "necessary action" against the archaeologist, who was part of the first excavation team led by Professor B B Lal at Ayodhya in 1976-77.
K K Muhammed had for the first time acknowledged in 1990 through a newspaper article that he had witnessed the remains of a Ram temple under the mosque.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019 after the BJP returned to power at the Centre for a second consecutive term.
