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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FIR against BJP activists for trying to burn an effigy of CM Siddaramaiah in Manipal
Manipal (PTI): The Manipal police have filed an FIR against BJP activists for allegedly trying to burn an effigy of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here, officials said on Monday.
According to the FIR, a few BJP activists gathered at the Syndicate Circle here on September 6 and wanted to take out a procession to the Deputy Commissioner's office to submit a memorandum against withdrawing a state award to a teacher in Kundapur.
Later, the workers brought an effigy and a portrait and wanted to beat the portrait of the Chief Minister with footwear and burn the effigy; at this point, the police intervened and stopped the workers from carrying out their protest. However, the workers carried on with the event, following which the police filed an FIR, a senior police officer said.
The BJP workers did not have police permission to organise a big gathering in the town, or take out a procession, police said, adding party workers Girish Anchan and Prithviraj Shetty Billadi have been named in the FIR as accused for carrying out the act in public.
