Accusing the UP government of fuelling communal tensions, the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief said even in 1992 (when Babri mosque was demolished), there were no tension in Faizabad but now the town has witnessed fight between two communities.
Suspecting a collusion between BJP and SP, he said everybody knows that Ayodhya and Ram Temple is not an issue either for Hindus or Muslims any more as they are waiting for the court's verdict.
He wondered why the UP government deployed 8,000 policemen to stop Vishwa Hindu Parishad's '84 kosi yatra' but did "nothing to contain the brewing tension" in Muzaffarnagar though they had prior information.
"Besides, he said the government also tried to make the suspension of IAS officer (Durga Sakthi Nagpal) a communal issue while it was a case of action against sand mafia," he said, adding that "they (SP) know that they can't win polls on development issue...so they want to contest elections on communal lines".
