Gyanvapi mosque row: UP CM Yogi Adityanath says Muslim side must accept historic mistake

Amid the ongoing controversy over the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple complex, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said the Muslim side must accept the "historic mistake".

The chief minister said it is controversial to call it Gyanvapi a mosque. "What is a trident (trishul) doing inside a masjid, we didn't keep it. There are jyotirling (shivling) and idols. I think there should be an acceptance from the Muslim side that there has been a historic mistake for which we want a solution," Adityanath said in an ANI podcast, which is yet to be aired at 5 pm on Monday.

Snippets from the interview shared by the news agency on Twitter show the Uttar Pradesh chief minister speaking on a host of issues and controversies around the singing of Vande Mataram in the country and the West Bengal Panchayat poll violence.