Lucknow, Nov. 10 -- Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pankaj Chaudhary on Tuesday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav amid his scheduled visit to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on December 12, asking him to visit the shrine on December 6 instead and seek forgiveness for the alleged killing of Lord Ram's devotees.

In a post on X, Chaudhary targeted the SP chief over his scheduled visit to the Ram Temple, questioning his intentions and asking him to demonstrate genuine repentance for the killings.

"If this new ploy of yours is not about Lord Shri Ram, but genuine repentance! Then go to the Ram temple on December 6, not the 12th. Seek forgiveness for the grave sin of having hundreds of devotees of Ram murdere...