Big turnout of BJP leaders at Kalyan Singh’s rites
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In what is seen as an attempt to consolidate the non-Yadav OBC vote bank ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the top Bharatiya Janata Party leadership of Uttar Pradesh descended on Atruali town of Aligarh on Tuesday to participate in the 13th-day rituals of . In the district for the second time in a fortnight, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath described the Lodh leader, who was once the OBC face of the BJP, as one of the foremost warriors of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Referring to the ongoing construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, he said Kalyan Singh worked tirelessly for the “fulfilment of the dream”. He said Babuji, as Kalyan Singh was fondly called, never stepped back from making sacrifices for this centuries old dream, “whether it was sacrificing the Chief Minister’s post after the disputed structure was removed in 1992 or taking full moral responsibility for its removal.”More Related News
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