Home Minister G. Parameshwar has dismissed the charge made by BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa that Congress leaders are making meaningless statement out of their despair.
Mr. Eshwarappa has made such a statement in response to Minister Santosh Lad who said that the BJP is using the Ayodhya Ram Mandir for political gains, he added.
“The Minister [Santosh Lad] has also said that the temple has not been built at the spot indicated by the Supreme Court. The question is whether the Minster has made a false statement? Mr. Lad has spoken the truth. His intention behind saying that the temple has not eradicated poverty is that the State needs to protect the interests of the poor and backward classes. “We in the Congress are doing that and hope that the Prime Minister will also do so,” he said.