Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 12: The majority of Jammu-based Congress leaders are not happy with the decision of the party’s top leadership to decline an invitation to attend the Ayodhya temple inauguration on January 22.
Fearing action these Congress leadership have maintained a stoic silence over the “mountainous blunder” committed by the top leadership for vote bank politics, some prominent Jammu-based Congress leaders have set pictures of Lord Rama as “Status and Display Pictures (DPs) of their social media accounts to express their faith in Lord Rama.
Wishing anonymity, a Jammu-based Congress leader told The Early Times that the top leadership of the party has committed a “mountainous blunder” by declining an invitation to attend the historic event of Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ramlala at the temple at Ayodhya Dham on 22nd January.
“I failed to understand why our leadership is not respecting the sentiments of Hindus. We are posting posts hailing Lord Rama on our social media accounts to remove this impression among the masses that all Congress leaders are anti-Hindu”, he said.
Jammu is not an isolated place, Congress leaders from different parts of the country have aired their anger against the decision of the top leadership to decline an invitation for Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ramlala at the temple on 22nd January.
Gujarat Congress leaders have publicly aired their anger after top party leaders declined an invitation to attend the Ayodhya temple inauguration on January 22.
Ex- Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia said the party should have refrained from making the “political decision”. Other senior Congress leaders from the state also sang the same tune.
The Congress announced that it would skip the Ayodhya temple's consecration on January 22, citing it as a “political project” of the BJP and its mentor, the RSS.
Modhwadia, who is also the Porbandar MLA, criticized it, saying that Lord Ram is a source of faith and trust among the country's people. "Bhagwan Shri Ram is revered as God in India. This is a matter of trust and belief for the people of India. @INCIndia should have avoided taking such a political decision,” he posted on X.
Ambarish Der, a former Rajula MLA and working president of the Gujarat Congress, posted on X, “Maryada Purushottam Lord Shri Ram is our worshipable deity, so it is natural that the faith of countless people across India has been attached to this newly constructed temple over the years”.
Gujarat Congress co-convenor and spokesperson Hemang Raval wrote on social media, "I am glad to be a Hindu Brahmin by religion. There is no bigger name in the world than Shri Ram, neither was nor will be. If I had been invited to the glorious Ram temple's inauguration, I would have gone without hesitation and I promise I will visit the temple soon. Jai, Shri Ram.”. |
