Lucknow, July 7 -- BJP MLA Dr Rajeshwar Singh has attacked Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav over his continuous statement over the Ram temple offering theft issue.

"Looking at Akhilesh and the Samajwadi Party's new 'Ramayana season', it seems the devotional calendar has been updated along with the election calendar!" he said.

"I have just one small request: Akhilesh ji, don't make the name of Ram an electoral 'recharge pack'. Ram is faith, not a trending topic. Ram is dignity, not a political compulsion," Dr Singh said in his social media post on Tuesday.

The BJP MLA from Sarojininagar in Lucknow commented that in the past month, Lord Shri Ram's name has been invoked more times than he's ever invoked in his entire life. It seems ...