India trashes Pakistan's objection to commencement of construction of Ram temple

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday trashed Pakistan's criticism of commencement of the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying Islamabad has no locus standi over the issue.

"We have seen an absurd statement by Pakistan on a matter on which it has no locus standi. Given its record, Pakistan should be embarrassed to even mention minorities," external affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

Pakistan foreign office on Wednesday said that while the world is grappling with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, "the RSS-BJP combine" was advancing the Hindutva agenda.