New Delhi: A violent confrontation erupted between Congress employees and unindentified males in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya on Monday, because the latter allegedly snatched and tore the Congress flag close to the Ram Temple, information company PTI reported. The Congress employees, who had arrived in Ayodhya to take a dip within the Saryu river on the event of Makar Sankranti, have been additionally abused by some anti-social components, in keeping with a celebration chief.
Congress chief condemns the act
Ayodhya Congress Mahila in-charge Renu Rai condemned the incident and mentioned that it was a shameful and condemnable act. She mentioned that the temple belongs to everybody and that the Congress employees had come to Ayodhya to pay their respects. She additionally demanded motion towards the culprits.
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“Some anti-social components snatched our occasion flag and abused our occasion employees. It is a shameful and condemnable act. The temple ( Ram temple) belongs to everybody. We had come right here to take a holy dip within the Saryu river and provide our prayers,” she mentioned.
UP Congress chief additionally current in Ayodhya
UP Congress chief Ajay Rai was additionally current in Ayodhya with the occasion delegation. He mentioned that the Congress employees had come to Ayodhya to rejoice Makar Sankranti and that they’d no intention of making any bother.
“Now we have come right here to rejoice Makar Sankranti and take a holy dip within the Saryu river. Now we have no intention of making any bother. We respect the feelings of the individuals of Ayodhya and the Ram Temple,” he mentioned.
Congress rejects invitation to Ram Temple opening
The conflict comes at a time when the Congress and different opposition events of the INDIA bloc have turned down the invitation to the grand opening of the Ram Temple on January 22, calling it a BJP-RSS occasion. They’ve additionally accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion of “utilizing” the Ram Temple for electoral features within the coming Lok Sabha polls.
Earlier this month, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury declined the invitation to the Ram Temple opening, saying that they might not be a part of a “political” occasion.
Ram Temple opening on January 22
The Ram Temple, which is being constructed on the web site the place the Babri Masjid as soon as stood, might be opened to the general public on January 22. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the idol of Ram Lalla within the temple might be held on the identical day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will carry out the rituals to mark the pran pratishtha of the idol on the grand temple.
Vedic rituals for the Pran-Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya will start on January 16, every week earlier than the primary ceremony. The Ram Temple is anticipated to draw hundreds of thousands of devotees from throughout the nation and the world.
