Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury decline Ram Temple invitation
New Delhi: The Congress party has officially announced its decision to abstain from the grand inauguration ceremony of the Ayodhya Ram Temple, characterizing it as a "political project" orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The party's leadership, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who received invitations, have declined to attend the event.
In a statement issued by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, he emphasized the personal nature of religion but accused the BJP and RSS of turning the temple inauguration into a political venture, strategically timed for electoral gains. The Congress leaders, while acknowledging the sentiments of millions who revere Lord Ram and respecting the 2019 Supreme Court judgment, have chosen not to participate in what they perceive as an RSS/BJP affair.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the temple on January 22, with the event expected to draw political leaders, industrialists, actors, and other prominent personalities. The ceremony follows the recent inauguration of an international airport and the redeveloped railway station in Ayodhya, generating widespread interest and anticipation.
The refurbished temple town is making preparations to accommodate thousands of attendees on the historic day, leading to the closure of schools and colleges across Uttar Pradesh. The event will be broadcast live nationwide and in various locations abroad.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
