Senior Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has claimed MNS chief Raj Thackeray deferred his Ayodhya visit as he got scared and that the latter would not go to the Uttar Pradesh city as he "does not have guts".

Also, Thackeray's comment about his surgery scheduled soon was only an excuse to defer the Ayodhya visit, Azmi, who is the Maharashtra SP chief, told reporters in Pune on Sunday.