Apologise to saints, devotees before visiting Ayodhya: Yogi to Akhilesh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that "those who fired on Ram devotees, subjected saints to lathicharge" should only visit the Ram Temple after apologising to the devotees and saints. The chief minister's remark came within hours of the announcement that Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav would visit the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on December 12. "Those who had neglected and insulted (Ayodhya), who opened fire on Ram devotees and subjected saints to lathicharge, should certainly come to Ayodhya, but only after apologising. Let them apologise once to Ram devotees and once to the saints. Let them repent for their actions," Adityanath said, while addressing the 10th edition of Deepotsav in Ayodhya. Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Governor Anandiben Patel, among others, attended the event. While he made the allegations, Adityanath did not name the SP or its chief. At the same time, he appeared to refer to Yadav's recent show-up for a religious discou