A controversy has erupted over BJP leader and ex-MP Vinay Katiyar’s remarks that no mosque would be allowed to be built in Ayodhya and that Muslims should leave Ayodhya and migrate to other districts “across the Saryu river” in Uttar Pradesh.

Katiyar made these comments in Ayodhya Wednesday when reporters asked him about the rejection of the Dhannipur mosque plan by the Ayodhya Development Authority apparently over pending clearances from some departments.

“Ayodhya Nagari ke andar Dhannipur iska koi matlab nahin. Is jile ke andar kyon rahen… woh log jayen nadi ke us paar chale jaeyen, Gonda, Basti chale jayen. Yahan kya kam hai unka? Yahan Ram ka mandir hai, wahi kaam karega (There is no meaning of Dhannipur in Ayodhya. Muslims in this district should leave and go across the Saryu river

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