Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took an indirect swipe at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav ahead of his planned visit to Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.
Without naming Akhilesh, Yogi said those visiting the Ram Temple should first apologise to the saints. He also demanded an apology from those responsible for ordering police firing on Ram devotees in the past.
His remarks are being interpreted as a political attack on Akhilesh Yadav, whose father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister during the 1990 police firing on kar sevaks in Ayodhya.
The statement has intensified political exchanges between the BJP and Samajwadi Party ahead of Akhilesh’s visit to the temple.
