Ayodhya dispute casts its shadow on Gujarat polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other leaders led a narrative on the Ayodhya issue, alleging Congress doesn't want temple to be constructed on the disputed site

Twenty-five years since the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute cast its shadow on the Gujarat Assembly polls on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and other party leaders led the narrative on the issue, alleging the Congress doesn’t want a temple to be constructed on the disputed site.

Modi addressed three rallies on Wednesday — in Dhandhuka, Dahod and Netrang. In Dahod, the PM said Congress leader and lawyer Kapil Sibal has argued in the Supreme Court that the court should adjudicate on the dispute after the 2019