Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that like Ayodhya and Varanasi, the cities of Mathura and Vrindavan in western Uttar Pradesh will also get a temple and the work for the same was “in progress”.
Addressing a public meeting at Amroha, the CM, who for the first time brought up the issue of a temple in Mathura, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) honoured its commitment of construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
“We had promised to start work on a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya. Modi ji has started the work, isn’t it? And, a grand abode of Lord Shiva is also coming up in Kashi. You have seen it, right? Then, how can Mathura and Vrindavan be left behind,” he asked the crowd.
“There (Mathura) also, work is in progress,” said the CM. Earlier , deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted that preparations were underway for the construction of a grand temple in Mathura, days after the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a right-wing group, announced plans to install a Krishna idol at the Shahi Eidgah in Mathura.
The Opposition has termed the demand as a polarising act by the ruling BJP. “All of them are now playing openly and unabashedly to a familiar polarisation script,” said Congress spokesman Zishan Haider.
{{/usCountry}}The Opposition has termed the demand as a polarising act by the ruling BJP. “All of them are now playing openly and unabashedly to a familiar polarisation script,” said Congress spokesman Zishan Haider.
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