Two days ahead of the massive show of strength by the saffron camp in this temple town with the police turned it into a fortress, Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha lawmaker Sanjay Raut on Friday created a flutter here by saying when Babri Masjid could be demolished in 17 minutes, why it was taking so long for a law to build a temple there.

"We demolished the Babri Masjid in 17 minutes but for paperwork why it is taking so much time...for drafting a law or ordinance," he told reporters in comments seen as provoking BJP with which its oldest saffron ally is not on good terms in the last few months.