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Akhilesh Yadav’s Ayodhya Ram temple visit before Assembly elections is a pragmatic, if belated, acceptance of reality. From his father ordering firing on kar sevaks in 1990 to building a Shiva temple in Etawah and condemning Dhirendra Shastri’s ‘anti-Sanatan’ remark, Akhilesh is recalibrating. It’s a message to ally Congress, too.
