Lucknow: A senior Samajwadi Party leader who enjoyed the status of minister in Uttar Pradesh, Ompal Nehra, has been sacked after his comment that Muslims should give up their claims on mosques in Ayodhya and Mathura and help build temples there.
Mr Nehra, an advisor in the state entertainment tax department, made the comment at a function last evening. This morning, he was sacked by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Mr Nehra had said: "Where can a Ram temple be built if not at Ayodhya? Muslims should help in building a Ram temple in Ayodhya and a Krishna temple in Mathura and give up their claim on mosques there. In fact I would say that Muslims should join Kar Seva (voluntary work) for the Ram temple."
"I had also said that Hindu brothers should make mosques and Muslim brothers should make temples...I said that a great temple should be constructed and mosque should be constructed at an adequate distance from each other," Mr Nehra said today, defending his comment.
The organisation's moves towards starting work at the "Ram temple workshop" near the site has been strongly countered by the Samajwadi Party government, with the administration saying it will not allow stones being brought into Ayodhya.
Mr Nehra, an advisor in the state entertainment tax department, made the comment at a function last evening. This morning, he was sacked by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Mr Nehra had said: "Where can a Ram temple be built if not at Ayodhya? Muslims should help in building a Ram temple in Ayodhya and a Krishna temple in Mathura and give up their claim on mosques there. In fact I would say that Muslims should join Kar Seva (voluntary work) for the Ram temple."
"I had also said that Hindu brothers should make mosques and Muslim brothers should make temples...I said that a great temple should be constructed and mosque should be constructed at an adequate distance from each other," Mr Nehra said today, defending his comment.
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The organisation's moves towards starting work at the "Ram temple workshop" near the site has been strongly countered by the Samajwadi Party government, with the administration saying it will not allow stones being brought into Ayodhya.
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