India, Nov. 11 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to focus in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) stance on the Ram Temple construction and the 1990 police firing on the volunteers headed for the Babri Masjid ahead of its demolition, functionaries aware of the matter said. SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister when the volunteers were fired upon.

The BJP accuses the SP of opposing the temple construction. The SP has maintained that it backed resolving the Ayodhya dispute either through dialogue or through the court.

The issue is back in the spotlight as SP leader and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is scheduled to visit the temple with his family on December 12. This would b...