Will take decision on Ram Temple consecration ceremony invite 'very soon': Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi, Jan 6: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said he will "very soon" take a decision on whether he will attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22.
Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi have been invited for the event and the Congress had earlier said that their decision would be conveyed at the "right time".
Besides them, Congress' leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has also been invited for the ceremony.
"I have got the invitation. Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi's former principal secretary had come along with the secretary of the (temple) trust, they have invited me. I will decide on it very soon," Kharge said at a press conference at the AICC headquarters here when asked about the invite sent to him for the ceremony.
Being pressed about a Congress chief minister's remarks on the Ram Temple consecration ceremony invite, Kharge said, "It is about 'personal astha'... If there is an invite, you can go, anyone else can go."
The consecration ceremony will be held on January 22 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and more than 6,000 people are expected to attend it.
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K'taka ecology Min. orders stern action against illegal establishments in Western Ghat region
Bengaluru: Amid rising public calls for protecting ecologically sensitive zones in the Shayadri Ranges, and frequent landslides, Karnataka Forest, Environment and Ecology Minister Eshwar Khandre on Friday issued orders taking stringent actions against illegal establishments including homestays and resorts in the Western Ghat regions of the state within a month.
The Minister directed stern measures against illegal layouts, plantations, homestays, and resorts encroaching on forest areas in Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu, and Hassan. He suggested immediate action to clear all forest encroachments since 2015.
The recent landslide near the Shiroor in Ankola district claimed 11 lives, while a landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, resulted in 250 deaths and over 200 missing persons. "Experts attribute these disasters to unscientific deforestation and construction, the government is taking this issue seriously," read the order.
Heavy vehicular traffic and weekend travel and trekking in ranges and Ghat areas also pose dangers, according to the minister.
