Azam asks BJP to build mosque at Ayodhya

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Mar 03 2014 | 6:38 PM IST
Days after BJP offered to apologise to Muslims over any "mistake", UP Minister Azam Khan today asked the party to build a mosque at Ayodhya to show its true repentance.
"BJP people are offering to apologise to Muslims, but these people cannot be believed. If they are really repentant, then BJP president Rajnath Singh should get mosque constructed at Ayodhya and we will look after Kumbh works," Khan said.
On February 25, without mentioning the 2002 Gujarat riots, Singh had made an offer of apology to the Muslims, in a bid to reach out to the community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
"Please note that whenever, wherever, if there has been any mistake and shortcoming on our part, I assure you that we will apologise to you by bowing our heads," Singh had said.
The minister, who was here to lay foundation stones of schemes worth Rs 511 crore, accused BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of triggering riots in Muzaffarnagar and other areas to defame the Uttar Pradesh government.
Regretting the opposition to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's proposed visit to Aligarh Muslim University, he said those opposing the visit should tell that what they had done for riot-affected people in Muzaffarnagar and claimed that Mulayam was the most secular leader in the country.
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First Published: Mar 03 2014 | 6:38 PM IST

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