Battle over Sita-mata: Cong, BJP spar over proposed temple in Sri Lanka

Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised to construct a Sita temple but the matter did not go beyond the planning stage

The Congress, the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh, and the Bharatiya Janata Party are in dispute over a temple the state government has promised to build in Sri Lanka. Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised to construct the temple but the matter did not go beyond the planning stage. PC Sharma, minister in charge of religious trusts, recently said the government would build the temple and do a survey before starting the project. To that, Chouhan tweeted, "Kamal Nath sarkar ke afsar Sri Lanka jaake survey karake verify karenge ki Sita mata ka apharan hua tha ya nahin. Mitron