Govt planning riots on Ram temple with Owaisi's help: Raj

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has claimed the Central government is planning to stage riots on Ram temple issue with the help of Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen.

Making the sensational allegation at a party rally here Monday night, Thackeray said, "The Central government may try to instigate riots with AIMIM over Ram Temple issue".

"I got a call from Delhi informing me that the Central government is planning riots in the name of Ram Temple and is seeking help from Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of AIMIM," he said.

"I think it is very serious. The Union government has no substantial work to show in its four-and-a-half-year long rule. They do not have any option but to instigate communal riots," the MNS chief said.

Thackeray said, "Though I support construction of the Ram temple (at Ayodhya), I am not insisting that it should be built before the general elections due next year. I have no issues if the temple is built after the elections."