Lucknow: Former BJP MLA Sangeet Som has made an objectionable remark on the Gyanvapi mosque controversy.
He allegedly said at a function to mark the anniversary of Maharana Pratap that people should remember 1992 — the year when the Babri mosque was demolished.
“That was 1992 and this is 2022. The strength of the youth has doubled now and time has come to take another decision,” he said.
Som took to Facebook and wrote a post about it too,”Aurangzeb made the Gyanvapi mosque. In 1992, it was Babri and now in 2022 it is the turn of Gyanvapi. It is time to take back the temple which was demolished to make a mosque.”
Reacting to his statement, Congress spokesman Surendra Rajput said, “This is exactly the gameplan of the BJP, to create unrest and divisions in society. We hope that the BJP realizes the damage it is doing to the social fabric with such statements. The Gyanvapi issue has been raised and so is the Taj Mahal issue. We are heading for dangerous times.”
A Varanasi court recently ordered a video-graphic inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, which sparked a verbal battle between the Congress and the ruling BJP. The main opposition party has accused the ruling party of fomenting a ‘Ayodhya-style conflict’ for political gain.
With inflation and unemployment at an all-time high, senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari told ANI that the BJP was aiming to win elections by ‘politicizing’ places of worship.
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