Updated On: 17 January, 2024 06:33 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Says BJP’s political spin makes it difficult for Congress leaders to attend Ram Temple consecration; expresses confidence in India bloc’s victory in LS polls

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves at supporters during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in Manipur. Pic/PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it is difficult for his party’s leaders to attend the January 22 Ram temple consecration ceremony as the BJP and the RSS have turned it into a “political event” centred around Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
His remarks at a press conference during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here comes days after the Congress top brass declined the invitation to the event at the Ram temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. “The Ram temple consecration ceremony is a political event centred around the prime minister. The BJP and the RSS are giving an election flavour to it and that is why it is difficult for us to attend,” Gandhi said.