Refusal to attend the consecration of the Ayodhya Ram temple has triggered a BJP assault at Opposition leaders, who’ve now been branded ”Anti-Sanatan” (anti-Hindu). Moreover Congress’s Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, who turned down the January 22 ceremony invite yesterday, a poster on the BJP social media deal with confirmed others who’ve been lukewarm concerning the mega occasion.
From its deal with on X, previously Twitter, the BJP tweeted, ”Be aware the faces of the Sanatan opponents who rejected the invitation for the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony…”.
पहचानिए, राम मंदिर प्राण प्रतिष्ठा समारोह के न्योते को ठुकराने वाले सनातन विरोधियों के चेहरे… pic.twitter.com/0ESH0eYUt1
— BJP (@BJP4India) January 11, 2024
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who acquired the invitation for the January 22 ceremony, declined yesterday, saying it was a ”political challenge” of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Faith, the Congress stated, is a private matter.
”However the RSS/BJP have lengthy made a political challenge of the temple in Ayodhya. The inauguration of the unfinished temple by the leaders of the BJP and the RSS has been clearly introduced ahead for electoral acquire,” learn a press release from senior social gathering chief Jairam Ramesh.
The Left leaders had despatched a damaging response earlier. The Trinamool Congress has made it clear that they’d skip the occasion as nicely.
The Samajwadi Get together, although, is undecided. Whereas these invited by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have turned it down, its MLAs are eager on going.
Since yesterday, BJP leaders have been flaying the Congress over the refusals. The social gathering, already referred to as anti-national, is now defying God, numerous BJP leaders stated.
Accusing the Congress of not taking any steps in direction of constructing a temple in Ayodhya, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli stated the Congress formally declining the invite ”ought to come as no shock”.
That is nothing new for individuals who referred to as Lord Ram imaginary. This is identical Congress that when promised to rebuild the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. In 2024, the Congress that has boycotted Lord Ram might be boycotted by the individuals,” stated Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
Different leaders declared that the Congress has repeatedly insisted on boycotting historic momemts — just like the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing, enactment of the GST, presidential addresses to Parliament by Ram Nath Kovind and Droupadi Murmu — due to its opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.