BJP will rebuild all temples, demolished to construct mosques: Sangeet Som
Meerut(PTI): The BJP will rebuild all temples which were demolished to construct mosques, the party's Uttar Pradesh MLA from Sardhana assembly seat in Meerut, Sangeet Som, asserted on Tuesday.
Som made the assertion while dubbing former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav a seasonal Hindu .
People who caned seers during their regime are now visiting Haridwar to tender apologies to them and have ended up proclaiming to build Lord Vishvakarma temple, he said, taking a dig at the previous Samajwadi Party government.
Som was addressing a news conference, convened to detail the achievements of the Yogi Adityanath government in the last four and half years.
Mocking Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, he said, Ahead of the upcoming UP assembly elections, many people become seasonal Hindus. The people who ordered firing at devotees are now talking of building temples, he said.
Those who caned seers are now tendering apologies to them with folded hands, he added.
A temple will be rebuilt wherever mosques have been constructed after demolishing them, he said.
Hindustan belongs to Hindus. Every man is a Hindu here. Even the Muslims are Hindus, he claimed.
Prone to make controversial statements, Som, also an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots case, claimed that BJP will form government once again in Uttar Pradesh by winning at least 350 seats in the upcoming state assembly elections.
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EAM Jaishankar to make statement in LS on situation in West Asia
New Delhi (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will make a statement in the Lok Sabha regarding the situation in West Asia on Monday.
The second half of the Budget session of Parliament will begin on Monday.
According to the revised list of business of the Lok Sabha for March 9 circulated on Sunday evening, "Dr S Jaishankar to make a statement regarding the situation in West Asia."
Till Saturday, the opposition-backed resolution seeking removal of Om Birla as the Lok Sabha speaker was the only listed official agenda for Monday.
The opposition has demanded a discussion on the situation in West Asia in the House.
India is continuously monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia, especially in the context of the safety of its citizens stranded in the region.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said more than 52,000 Indians have returned to the country following the partial opening of the airspace across the region.
The security situation in West Asia remains precarious as the US and Israel continue their bombardment of Iranian targets while Tehran retaliates with strikes against Israeli positions and US military bases across the region.
