Ram temple is an issue of faith and not a plank for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls which will be fought on development agenda, the party's newly appointed State unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Tuesday.
"Ram temple is a matter of faith, whether it is constructed through a law, court order or mutual consent, but the party will fight the Assembly election on the issue of development," he told reporters at the party office here.
The 49-year-old MP from Phulpur in Allahabad said, "Our first target is to rid the State of SP and BSP and win 265- plus seats in the 403-member Assembly."