Ajay Rai, a five-time MLA, also contested the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to the BJP's Avadhesh Singh. Ajay Rai had earlier contested unsuccessfully against Modi from Varanasi in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.
One Naushad Alam from Kolkata, who offered namaz at Gyanvapi mosque in Kashi was upset at seeing how the tall walls of the grand temple were 'hiding' the mosque, which was built on ruins of a destroyed temple
In its interview from Jan 2020 with chief architect Bimal Patel, The print alleged that Kashi Vishwanath Corridor was built after felling ancient temples