Questioning the timing of the ‘Pran Patishtha’ ceremony at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, close to the next Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Thursday claimed that the event is not ‘purely religious’ and has distinct ‘political undertones’.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the ‘Pran Pratistha’ and ceremonial opening of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22.
Earlier this week, Congress bigwigs–national president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury–turned down the invitation to the Ram Temple opening, labelling it as an event of the BJP and the RSS.