In Parliament, BJP pitches for Krishna Temple at Mathura
The Hindu
Ahead of U.P. polls, the party MPs call for repeal of Places of Worship Act
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due early next year, BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Thursday called for repeal of the Places of Worship Act to allow for construction of Sri Krishna Temple in an alleged disputed site in Mathura.
He is the second BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh to make this demand in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. On Monday, Balia MP Ravindra Kushwaha had argued that if the farm laws could be repealed this law too could go. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has started a campaign for Sri Krishna Temple.
The Places of Worship Act was brought in by the Narasimha Rao Government in 1991, which, while keeping the Ram Temple dispute outside the purview of this law, froze the status of places of worship as they were on August 15, 1947.