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Bajrang Dal workers burnt the effigies of political leaders on Friday over their remarks on the Gyanvapi mosque issue.

Hundreds of Bajrang Dal workers burnt the effigies of former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday for their remarks on the Gyanvapi mosque issue. Party workers took to the streets in Kanpur to protest against the statements made by the political leaders.

The party workers gathered and held a meeting near the Bharat Mata statue in Kanpur. They raised slogans against the political leaders and burnt their effigies. Prakash Sharma, the Bajrang Dal worker who led the protest said, “Some people have lost their mental balance ever since the Shivling has been found in the premises of the Gyanvapi masjid. We burnt their effigies today to send a message to stop commenting on Hindu beliefs and temples or else we will show them their place.”

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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP is trying to divide society on communal lines and is trying to create fear among Muslims.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had said the “BJP was creating a new drama in the country on the issue of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque”.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said he will not let the Gyanvapi mosque meet the fate of the Babri masjid in Ayodhya that was demolished nearly three decades ago. Owaisi said "bhakts of Godse (Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi)" are spreading hatred in the country against Muslims by invoking issues like hijab, job jihad and others.