The Congress refusal to attend the consecration of the Ayodhya Ram temple has drawn a BJP barb at the Opposition, which has been branded “Anti-Sanatan” (anti-Hindu) by the party.
From its handle on X, formerly Twitter, the BJP tweeted, “Note the faces of the Sanatan opponents who rejected the invitation for the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony…”.
Besides leaders of the Congress and the Left, the accompanying poster showed others who have apparently shown reluctance to attend the mega programme.
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who received the invitation for the January 22 ceremony, declined yesterday, saying it was a “political project” of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The Left leaders had sent a negative response earlier. The Trinamool Congress has made it clear that they would skip the event as well,
The Samajwadi Party, though is undecided . While those invited by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have turned it down, its MLAs are keen on going.
