Yogi: Rahul’s visits to temples just a pretence

Vadodara: Dubbing Rahul Gandhi’s visits to temples as a mere “pretence”, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the Congress vice president to make his party’s stand clear on the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute.

He also alleged that the Congress was adopting double standards on the Ayodhya issue as it “does not want it to get resolved in a peaceful manner”. “I appeal to Rahul Gandhi to please clear the Congress’ stand on the issue as he is soon to become the party president,” Mr Adityanath said on Thursday night while campaigning for BJP candidate Jitendra Sukhadia. His remarks come in the wake of Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s submission in the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya case, that the matter be heard after July 2019, after the next Lok Sabha polls.