Congress senior leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and RSS of having the sole objective of demolishing the Babri Masjid without any genuine intention to build a temple.
Singh alleged that these groups want to keep the issue alive as a communal one until the mosque is demolished.
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Reacting to Congress’ decision to not attend the inauguration of Ram mandir in Yaidhya on January 22, Singh defended the party’s stance in a detailed post on X. He clarified that Congress never opposed the construction of the Ram Mandir but had urged waiting for the court’s decision on the disputed land.
“But BJP, VHP and RSS wanted to demolish the mosque, not build a temple. Because until the mosque is demolished the issue does not become a Hindu-Muslim issue. Destruction is in their behaviour and character; taking political advantage by spreading unrest is their strategy. That’s why their slogan was “Ram Lalla hum aayenge, Mandir wahi Banayenge,” he said.
Singh further questioned why the temple was not being built on the disputed land when the Supreme Court had awarded it to the Trust.
“Only Champat Rai ji of VHP or Narendra Modi ji can answer this. My sympathies are with the families of the volunteers who were martyred in the temple construction movement and those against whom criminal cases were filed in the court. Have they been invited? Are the people of Nirmohi Akhara, who fought for Ram Janmabhoomi for 175 years, invited? Is this Raj Dharma? Is this Ram Raj?” Digvijay Singh said on X.
Meanwhile, Sanskrit scholar Swami Rambhadracharya Maharaj criticised the Congress Party for declining the invitation to the pran pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple, describing their actions as ‘murkhneeti’ (foolish politics) rather than ‘rajneeti’ (politics).
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“It is according to the scriptures. Sanctum sanctorum is complete, and now pran pratishtha is going to take place…. what is wrong with it? It is as per the shashtras. It is ‘Murkhneeti’ not ‘rajneeti’…Khisiyani billi khamba noche (an embarrassed or ashamed person tends to vent his/her feelings by quarrelling),” he told ANI.
On January 10, senior leaders of the Congress party, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, declined an invitation to the ‘Pran Pratistha’ ceremony of Lord Ram Lalla scheduled for January 22 in Ayodhya. Jairam Ramesh, the party’s general secretary, conveyed this decision in a statement, terming it as a “BJP and RSS event.”