Ayodhya, Dec. 27 -- Reacting to Vishva Hindu Parishad's (VHP) initiative to launch a campaign 'Jagran Abhiyan' to free Hindu temples from government control, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to distract people's attention from various other topics including farmer protest, inflation, unemployment, reservation, Sambhal issue, privatisation of governmental institutes.

"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 frami...