Lucknow, July 5 -- As the BJP gears up to face the crucial 2027 electoral test in Uttar Pradesh, the party's central leadership on Saturday urged the state cadre to counter the Opposition's narrative on the Ram temple donation row and the proposed UGC regulations, while acknowledging both as mistakes and promising corrective action.

The message came at a meeting of Uttar Pradesh BJP office bearers chaired by the party's national president Nitin Nabin and national general secretary (organisation) and UP incharge BL Santosh. According to leaders privy to the meeting, Santosh said the SIT was probing the alleged irregularities in the Ram temple donation case and that anyone found guilty would face legal consequences.

He said it was perhaps...