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As of 2017, several court cases about Taj Mahal being a Hindu temple have been inspired by P. N. Oak's theory.[98][99] In August 2017, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) stated there was no evidence to suggest the monument ever housed a temple.[100] Bharatiya Janata Party's Vinay Katiyar in 2017 claimed that the 17th century monument was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan after destroying a Hindu temple called \"Tejo Mahalaya\" and it housed a Shiva linga. This claim had also been made by another BJP member Laxmikant Bajpai in 2014. The BJP government's Union Minister of Culture Mahesh Sharma stated in November 2015 during a session of the parliament, that there was no evidence that it was a temple. The theories about Taj Mahal being a Shiva temple started circulating when Oak released his 1989 book \"Taj Mahal: The True Story\". He claimed it was built in 1155 AD and not in the 17th century, as stated by the ASI.[101]
A controversy was created in 2017 when the Uttar Pradesh government did not include it in its official tourism booklet \"Uttar Pradesh Tourism - Unlimited Possibilities\". The chief minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier claimed it does not represent Indian culture.[102] Amidst this controversy, BJP MLA Sangeet Som had claimed that those who built the Taj Mahal were traitors and it was a \"blot\" on the country's culture. He claimed it was built by a man who jailed his own father and wished to kill Hindus. BJP MP Anshul Verma supported his comments. AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah[103] and Azam Khan criticised him. CM Adityanath stated Som's comments were personal and the government will focus on the tourism potential of every monument.[104] 781b155fdc