Despite the Congress party’s refusal of the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shri Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, Minister and party leader Vikramaditya Singh from Himachal Pradesh attended the grand event at the Ram Mandir. Himachal Pradesh PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh arrived in Ayodhya to witness the ceremony.
Earlier, Himachal Pradesh, under Congress rule, became the sole state to declare a half-day for all state government employees. The Congress had declined the invitation, referring to it as a ‘BJP/RSS event,’ with senior leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury opting not to attend.
“Lord Ram is worshipped by millions in our country. Religion is a personal matter. But the RSS and BJP have long made a political project of the temple in Ayodhya. The inauguration of the incomplete temple by the leaders of the BJP and the RSS has obviously been brought forward for electoral gain. While abiding by the 2019 Supreme Court judgment and honoring the sentiments of millions who revere Lord Ram, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have respectfully declined the invitation to what is clearly an RSS and BJP event,” the Congress stated.