The district administration had also declared the temple complex a Red Zone after deploying additional security personnel.Chaudhuri said Thursday that in case the fresh request for the permission is not granted, the administration can perform Arti and send the video of the same to Mahasabha.She said the Mahasabha will decided its future course of action on December 11.Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had last week tweeted that preparations were underway for constructing a grand temple in Mathura on the lines of Ayodhya and Varanasi.He is the first senior BJP leader holding a position in government to make such a statement in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly election in the state.Mathura has a prominent mosque — the Shahi Idgah — located next to a temple, believed to be the site of the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The mosque has been at the centre of a legal battle for years with Hindu groups claiming that the Idgah was built on land where Lord Krishna was born.
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