00:00Let's quickly now dip into our big political debate this evening which is Akhilesh Yadav's December 12th Ram Mandir visit.
00:08Well, Akhilesh Yadav, the primary contender or challenger to Yogi Adityanath in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections
00:15had made a claim that he will be going to Ayodhya on the 12th of December.
00:20Well, all of that has now triggered a big political showdown in Uttar Pradesh politics.
00:26The BJP is demanding an apology for the 1990 firing on Karsevaks.
00:31Akhilesh has hit back, giving a fresh spin to his PDF formula.
00:34In the midst of all of this, in jumps Asaduddin Ovesi and has joined the attack,
00:40questioning the SP's Muslim MPs and MLAs over their support to Akhilesh's Ayodhya visit.
00:45With the big election in UP approaching, Ayodhya is clearly the battleground.
00:58The countdown to December 12th has begun.
01:01But even before Akhilesh Yadav's proposed visit to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the political battle is heating up.
01:10The BJP has questioned the Samajwadi Party chief's sudden religious outreach
01:14and demanded that he apologizes for his party's past actions against Ram devotees.
01:44Akhilesh, however, is refusing to be drawn into the BJP's attack.
01:48Instead, he has given a fresh political spin on PDA, his poll formula.
02:03A new expansion of the Samajwadi Party's political acronym.
02:08Earlier, PDA stood for Pichde, Dalit, Alp Sankhyak, the backward classes, Dalits and minorities.
02:15Akhilesh has now added a religious twist, using the same acronym to say first Darshan, then Blessings.
02:22But the attack is not coming from the BJP alone.
02:26AIMIM chief Asad Udin Oesi has also targeted Akhilesh and the Samajwadi Party.
02:31Asad Udin Oesi has also targeted Akhilesh and the Muslim MPs and MLA's who were jailed in Babri, they will
02:46do what they will do.
02:51AIMIM chief Asad Udin Oesi has also targeted Akhilesh and the Udin Oesi has also targeted Akhilesh.
03:16Ayodhya is no longer just the destination.
03:18It has become the battleground.
03:20With 2027 fast approaching, the Ram Mandir has once again become a political test of faith, optics and electoral strategy.
03:30Bureau Report, India Today.
