Congress declines Ram Mandir invitation. Calls it RSS-BJP event for electoral gains

Senior Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have 'respectfully declined' the Ram Mandir Prana Prathishta ceremony invite

Senior Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have 'respectfully declined' the Ram Mandir Prana Prathishta ceremony invite
Senior Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have 'respectfully declined' the Ram Mandir Prana Prathishta ceremony invite

Congress will not attend the Ram Mandir inauguration

After more than 15 days of the invite, the Congress party declined the invitation to attend the January 22 Prana Prathishta of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, terming it as “clearly an RSS/BJP event”. The temple trust had invited Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. In a statement on Wednesday, the Congress party alleged that RSS and BJP are inaugurating an “incomplete temple” for electoral gains.

“Last month, the Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and the Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury received an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya to be held on January 22, 2024.

“Lord Ram is worshipped by millions in our country. Religion is a personal matter. But the RSS/BJP have long made a political project of the temple in Ayodhya. The inauguration of the incomplete temple by the leaders of the BJP and the RSS has been obviously brought forward for electoral gain. While abiding by the 2019 Supreme Court judgment and honouring the sentiments of millions who revere Lord Ram, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have respectfully declined the invitation to what is clearly an RSS/BJP event,” said the Congress party in a statement.

Congress and many Opposition parties were in a Catch–22 position when the temple trust invited them for the Prana Prathishta event when Lok Sabha elections are just three months away. Communist parties have already declined the invitation when they got the invitation. But Congress took more than three weeks to decide and a lot of debates were going on inside the party on the fate of the Muslim vote banks.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Grace does not necessarily come with age. For people who have spent the life in wheeling and dealing only two things matter. (1) stay out of jail at any cost (2) protect the loot accumulated over life time. So long as the powers were vulnerable on the both the above counts the opposition was comfortable and safe.

  2. Soni Gandhi received a group of persons who were beneficiaries of terrorism in India. She pulled strings, ban on their travel (by GOI) was lifted. (Photos available)
    Sonia took Indian citizen only in 1983.
    Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984.
    Sanjay Gandhi death played a vital role in her ascent to power.

    Sonia Gandhi made M K Narayanan Governor of Bengal. He was dismissed from govt. by PM Rao, his role/ommissions was negligent in killing of Rajiv Gandhi.
    Prannath Behl was a foreign mole in PMO. Rajiv dismissed him.
    After Rajiv Gandhi’s death, Prannath was inside PMO again a grace Sonia Gandhi.
    His son Raghav Behl suddenly became Media Moghul.

    Sonia Gandhi’s Communal violence bill
    The concept of Minority is flawed
    Sonia Gandhi’s Communal violence bill is unconstitutional per Professor Sinha. It provides two criminal laws, two legal systems and two punishments in India.
    NAC and Sonia’s CVB’s agenda is to treat Muslims and Christians above Hindus in the eye of security laws. SC/ST & Linguistic minorities are merely added to hide the real agenda.
    Sonia Gandhi’s CVB will be a “Hindu Apartheid Law”! That’s a strong statement exposing the discriminatory nature of this bill.
    Hitler’s Germany had biased view of a particular community. In Hitler’s Germany, Jews were held responsible for ALL acts of violence. Now Sonia’s CVB may do the same over Hindus

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