Hitting out at the BJP over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's remarks on construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi sought to know how he could make such comments when the matter is pending in the Supreme Court.

"This is a clear sign that BJP is losing immense ground. How can a responsible Deputy Chief Minister of a state government make such sort of atrocious and obnoxious statements?. When the matter is pending in the Supreme Court, the minister has no right to talk in this language," he told reporters here.