Former BJP MP Sangeet Som on Wednesday made a controversial statement on the ongoing legal dispute over the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and the Krishna Janmabhoomi issue in Mathura.
Sangeet Som, while speaking during a public rally, said that people don’t require the help of courts for Kashi and Mathura. The BJP leader referring to the two disputed sites, the matter of which are pending before courts, said that Hindu temples would be built at the two disputed sites.
Speaking on the ongoing row over Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, he said that Aurangzeb was a cruel leader and he was an enemy of the Hindus. He further claimed that the Mughal ruler was responsible for demolishing temples in Kashi and Mathura.
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“The people in India want that any signs related to tyrant ruler Aurangzeb, who killed lakhs of Hindus, converted lakhs of Hindus and raped lakhs of Hindu women, should not be there in the country. In Kashi Vishwanath, the people want a temple there. I have said what the people want from the stage,” Sangeet Som told ABP News.
On the question whether Kashi and Mathura will be demolished like Babri, he said, “Sooner or later, this will happen.”
He said that Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh have ‘adopted the colour’ of Aurangzeb.