UP Election 2022: BJP takes Mandir Marg, Hema Malini talks of Mathura temple

Leaders after leaders from the BJP are raising the issue of Krishna Temple in Mathura ahead of the elections on Uttar Pradesh.

Days after UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya stirred the political cauldron by saying that the BJP was preparing to build a temple in Mathura, BJP MP Hema Malini on Sunday said she hoped that after Ayodhya and Kashi, her constituency Mathura will also get a grand temple.

“After the restoration of Ram Janmabhoomi and Kashi, naturally Mathura is also very important,” Hema Malini told reporters here on Sunday.

The BJP MP, who was in Mathura to participate in a programme, said that she is going to Kashi on Monday on an invitation.

“Being the MP of Mathura, which is the birthplace of Lord Krishan who is the symbol of love and affection, I will say that there should be a grand temple. A temple is already there and can be beautified like Modi ji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) developed Kashi Vishwanath corridor and the river Ganga can be seen directly from the temple,” she said.

“This change (renovation and redevelopment of Kashi Vishwanath) was very difficult. This shows his (Modi's) farsightedness. This will also happen in Mathura.”

Mathura is considered to be the birthplace of Lord Shri Krishna.

The supposed temple site, which is a subject of multiple lawsuits, is located inside an old mosque in Mathura and shares its premises with a prominent temple.

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