“We will build the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Not even a brick laid by Babur will be left in the Ram Janmabhoomi,” Keshav Prasad Maurya, BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said in Belagavi on Monday.
He told presspersons that the U.P. government had sought 66 acres in Ayodhya itself to build the temple.
“We are very much aware that the case is pending before the Supreme Court. We will start construction once the court passes judgment,” he said.
Mr. Maurya criticised the loan waiver announced by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and said it did not help any farmers in the State. “It is the same scenario in all States ruled by the Congress or its allies,” he said. “On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to strengthen farmers by giving them necessary inputs,” he claimed.