Verma argued that after the opposition’s relatively strong performance in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier in the year, the ruling party has intensified its efforts to regain political space.In the general election, the BJP secured 33 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, while its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Apna Dal (S) won two seats and one seat respectively.The SP captured 37 seats, while the Congress won six and one seat went to the Azad Samaj Party.Responding to recent surveys and excavations in Sambhal’s mosques, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “These people will keep searching and digging until one day, they dig their own government out. They believe in systems, not democracy.”State BJP spokesperson Harish Chandra Srivastava hit back at Yadav.”The SP and the Congress want to climb the ladder of power by ignoring justice and indulging in appeasement politics. But the people are now aware of the truth,” he told PTI.”Who will answer for the massacres and violence in Sambhal during the 1978 and 1982 riots, where countless Hindus were killed and their houses burnt? Why did those victims not get justice?” Srivastava asked repeating claims regarding the Sambhal riots.SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary feels that the “BJP’s ploy” would backfire.”Their motives are anti-people and their strategy will turn against them. In 2027, Akhilesh Yadav’s PDA strategy will prevail,” he said.Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat recently called for restraint in raising new temple-related disputes.Speaking in Pune on December 19, he said, “The Ram mandir (in Ayodhya) holds a special place for Hindus, but raising such issues to become leaders of Hindus in new places is not acceptable.”Professor Sushil Kumar Pandey from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University said communal polarisation is likely to grow in the coming days.”Many Hindu worship sites were destroyed during the Islamic rule. With favourable political conditions and the Ram mandir’s construction, revisiting historical grievances will undoubtedly escalate communal tensions and have political ramifications,” he added.
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