Prayagraj, May 20 -- Claiming that opposition leaders did not attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya as they were afraid of losing their vote bank, Union Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said those in the BJP do not fear anyone.

Addressing a rally to garner support for Neeraj Tripathi, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha poll candidate from the Allahabad constituency, Shah said the ongoing election is a battle between "those who opened fire on the devotees of Lord Ram and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who built the Ram temple".

"The Congress-SP kept the Ram temple (matter) pending for 70 years. The SP government opened fire on kar sevaks. You made Modiji the prime minister for the second time, he wo...