"BJP trying to distract people's attention from its failures," says Samajwadi Party on VHP's 'Jagran Abhiyan'

"BJP is trying to distract the people's attention from its failures through various topics... Thousands of farmers have been stopped at the Delhi border... There is the issue of inflation... Many educated youngsters are without a job... Reservation has not been granted even after 75 years of Constitution framing... Governmental institutions are being sold to private firms... Sambhal issue is not being discussed... To avert discussions from all these topics, they (BJP and VHP) have raised this issue (of the liberation of temples from government control)..." said Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad.

Notably, VHP is set to launch a campaign, 'Jagran Abhiyan,' for the liberation of temples from the government's control, its national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said.

"Decontrol of the temple is the need of the hour. VHP has been raising this demand for the last several decades...When no mosque, madrasa, mazaar, or church is under their (government's) control, then why is this discrimination against temples only? There is a deep anger in the society about all this. So, VHP decided to start a campaign, a Jagran Abhiyan for the liberation of these temples," VHP National Spokesperson Bansal told ANI.

"Our organisation's General Secretary is going to hold a press conference in the evening, telling about what its format will be and how it will be done," he added.

He said recently, VHP office bearers had also met with Chief Ministers of a few states and leaders of different political parties to seek their help in this regard.

"Recently we also connected with around 380 MPs during the winter session and sought their help as well," he added. (ANI)