Ayodhya yatra a game plan of BJP ahead of LS polls: Cong

August 22, 2013 18:52

The Congress today said that the proposed Chaurasi Kosi yatra by the VHP was aimed at creating communal tension in Uttar Pradesh and backed the Samajwadi Party government's decision to ban the same.

"The yatra proposed by the VHP is not part of any religious tradition. Its aim is to (push for the) construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya where the Supreme Court has directed that status quo should be maintained," UP state Congress chief and Faizabad MP Nirmal Khatri said in a statement.

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