Not surprised by Cong not attending Ram Temple inauguration: K'taka BJP chief Vijayendra
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Wednesday said he was not surprised by the Congress party’s decision to decline the invitation to attend the consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Reacting to the Congress’s decision, Vijayendra said the party was against the Ram temple from day one.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today ”respectfully declined” the invitation to attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony with the party accusing the BJP and the RSS of making it into a ”political project” for electoral gain.
”The BJP is not surprised by the decision of the Congress. Their intention was very clear from day one. When Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, the next day BJP ruled state governments were dismissed by the then Congress government. On every occasion, the grand old party has proved that they are against the Rama Janmabhoomi movement,” Vijayendra told reporters here.
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Alleging that the Congress never believed in Bhagwan Ramachandra, he even expressed his apprehension that the state government may withdraw its decision to conduct special prayers in temples under the Karnataka Hindu Religious Endowment Department on January 22.
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.
The temple trust has also invited 4,000 seers from across the country and 50 guests from foreign countries.
”Their mindset is very clear. In spite of getting the invitation for the inauguration of Ram temple, the rejection by the Congress party and their reluctance to attend the auspicious event, clearly shows that they are upset with the way things are going on, especially after the outcome of the election results in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh,” Vijayendra said.
He said Congress and the INDIA bloc are totally upset as they have realised that they are not going to come to power at the Centre.
”They have also realised that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are going to create history by coming back to power for the third consecutive term,” he added.
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Kerala court sentences 20-year-old man in minor girl rape case
Kollam (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to 21 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl after befriending her on a social media app.
Karunagappally Fast Track Special Court judge Rajeevan Vachal sentenced the convict to 21 years under the relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, special public prosecutor (SPP) N C Premchandran said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.1 lakh on the convict, the prosecutor said.
The incident occurred in 2024 when the accused befriended her on a social media app and then offered to take her to the Azheekal beach here.
However, instead of taking her to the beach, he took her to an isolated place behind the CHC hospital at Mynagappally here and raped her, the SPP said.
Following the incident, the girl attempted suicide, but was saved and then told the doctors what had happened, the prosecutor said.
The hospital authorities informed the police, who registered a case and launched an investigation.
The prosecutor said that seven witnesses were examined and 20 documents were submitted before the court to substantiate the guilt of the accused.
