Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Politics in Uttar Pradesh heated up once again over statements made by Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai regarding the shrine located in the KGMU campus and at the Constitution Samvad Mahapanchayat in Sarojini Nagar. Confrontation have intensified with Congress and BJP holding protest marches in the capital city Lucknow on Tuesday.
In the morning, after offering a 'chaddar' (ceremonial cloth) at the shrine located in the KGMU campus on Tuesday, Ajay Rai launched a scathing attack on the government. He said that the shrine has been there even before the establishment of KGMU, but the government, instead of focusing on development, is only engaging in destructive politics.
Rai said, "The entire city of Lucknow was...