Lucknow, July 8 -- The Banke Bihari Corridor being built in Mathura has now snowballed into a political issue.

The Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, has alleged that the BJP government was trying to destroy the heritage and aesthetics of the lanes in Mathura in the name of the corridor. He also asked why the BJP government did not make a corridor for Kanwariays in the last many years it was in power.

Addressing a press conference at SP headquarters in Lucknow on Monday, the SP Chief said, "The BJP government is destroying heritage and legacy. Faith is being turned into a business. In the name of the corridor, a land game is going on in Vrindavan. BJP has its eyes on the land. BJP is displacing lakhs of people so that some people be...