New Delhi:In a key political development days ahead of the January 22 Ram Temple consecration, the country's largest opposition party Congress has declined to attend the event calling it a "BJP-RSS political project".
In an official statement shared on its official X handle, Congress said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other key leaders have officially declined Ram Temple invitation.
"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 22nd, 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," the statement said.