Cong chief Kharge, Sonia Gandhi get invitations for Ram Temple consecration ceremony: Sources
New Delhi, Dec 20: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have received invitations for the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22.
Sources said the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust sent the invitations to them.
But the senior Congress leaders are unlikely to attend the ceremony, they added.
The invitations were sent individually to Kharge, Gandhi and Chowdhury, the sources said.
Former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda have also received invitations for the function.
The invitations, the sources said, were delivered by a delegation of those associated with the Trust.
More invitations are likely to be sent to other opposition leaders in the coming days.
The Trust has said that invitations have been extended to revered saints from different traditions, along with all prominent individuals contributing to the honour of the country in every domain.
In the new Teerthakshetrapuram (Bag Bijaisi), a Tent City has been established which includes six tubewells, six kitchen houses, and a hospital with ten beds, the Trust has said.
Approximately 150 doctors from around the country have agreed to provide their services in rotation at this hospital.
About 4,000 saints from different sects have been invited to participate in the ceremony, the Trust has said.
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Society will perish if population growth rate goes below 2.1: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur, Dec 1: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stressed the importance of family and said if the population growth rate of a society goes below 2.1, then that society will perish by itself.
Addressing a gathering at the 'Kathale Kul (clan) Sammelan' in Nagpur, he said "kutumb" (family) is part of the society and every family is a unit.
"Decreasing population is a matter of concern because the Loksankhya Shastra says that if we go below 2.1, then that society perishes, no one will destroy it, it will perish by itself," he said.
"The population policy of our country, which was decided around 1998 or 2002, says that the population growth rate should not be below 2.1," the RSS chief said.
"We need more than two, that is three (as population growth rate), that's what the population science says. This number is important because it (society) should survive," he said.
