Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha was turned away from the foundation laying ceremony for construction of a Ram temple in Gujjegowdanapura near Mysuru from where the stone for carving the idol at Ayodhya had been mined.
On January 22, when the MP turned up in the village on the outskirts of Mysuru to participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for constructing a Ram temple, village leaders blocked his entry and asked him to leave. The locals accused the BJP MP of being anti-Dalit and fomenting trouble among various groups.