New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday slammed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for declining the invitation to the consecration ceremony on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying they’ve “misplaced their thoughts” as Ravana did within the “Treta Yug”.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Nalin Kohli informed PTI that the Congress has formally mentioned its senior leaders is not going to be there in Ayodhya for the January 22 ceremony.
This could not come as a shock as a result of over the previous couple of a long time, the Congress took no steps to see to it that there’s a Ram temple in Ayodhya, he mentioned. The Congress on Wednesday introduced that Kharge, former social gathering chief Gandhi and its chief within the Lok Sabha, Chowdhury, have “respectfully declined” the invitation to attend the ceremony. The opposition social gathering additionally alleged that the occasion has been made right into a “political undertaking” by the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for “electoral acquire”.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari expressed shock over the Ram temple belief extending invites to “those that by no means needed the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and even filed an affidavit in court docket calling Lord Ram an imaginary determine”.
“But they’ve been invited. Regardless of this, they’ve misplaced their thoughts. I realise that Ravana had additionally misplaced his thoughts within the ‘Treta Yug’,” Tiwari mentioned in a veiled reference to the Congress leaders.
“The ‘Treta Yug’ will begin quickly after the ‘Kal Yug’, in keeping with scriptures. I really feel that it (Treta Yug) has already begun within the time of (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi. It’s the begin of Ram Rajya,” he informed PTI.
The Ram Rajya of the “Treta Yug” is again in India beneath Prime Minister Modi and people who don’t attend the consecration ceremony will repent, the BJP chief mentioned.
Attacking the Congress, Kohli additionally mentioned that the earlier Congress-led UPA authorities had filed an affidavit earlier than the Supreme Courtroom to disclaim the existence of Lord Ram.
“They by no means needed an early listening to on the difficulty. Now {that a} temple has come up there, the actual fact that they’re saying they will not be there, is a part of what they’ve at all times believed. They did not desire a temple there,” he added.
Kohli mentioned the Congress’ allegation that it’s an occasion of the BJP and the RSS is simply an excuse. In actuality, this (consecration ceremony) doesn’t match with the Congress’ personal considering, he mentioned.
If it might have, they’d have been there out of the love for Lord Ram and share the joy of thousands and thousands of Indians, the BJP chief added.
On the opposition’s cost that the BJP is utilizing the ceremony in its bid to win the Lok Sabha polls, Tiwari mentioned it might probably additionally use Lord Ram if that helps it in elections in any approach. Sing a ‘bhajan’ (devotional music) in Hindi or in Italian, Tiwari quipped and requested “who has stopped Sonia ji?” BJP spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill alleged that this isn’t a “coincidence” however a well-thought out plan by the opposition INDIA bloc to harm the beliefs of Indians beneath a “conspiracy to insult them”.
“First (M Okay) Stalin’s DMK spoke of ending Sanatan Dharma. Then Sharad Pawar’s NCP declared Lord Ram a meat eater. In the present day, the Congress has declined the invitation to the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ (consecration ceremony),” Shergill was quoted saying in an announcement issued by the BJP.
“We pray to Lord Ram to remove this politics of hatred of the INDI Alliance and forgive them,” he mentioned. However, 140 crore Indians won’t ever forgive this “politics of hatred” by the Congress, the BJP chief mentioned.
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