Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP of befooling Vishwakarma community and said if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh in the 2022 assembly polls, his party would get a temple of Lord Vishwakarma built here on the banks of the Gomti.
He also said if the SP forms government in the state, it will restart the tradition of giving a holiday on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti.
Addressing Vishwakarma community members, Yadav said, "The BJP has cheated members of the Vishwakarma community. The respect, which they deserve, have not been accorded to them."
Reacting sharply to Yadav's remarks, BJP's UP unit's media co-convenor Navin Srivastava said, "The statement made by Akhilesh Yadav is completely baseless and devoid of fact."
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