January 22 might be an enormous day within the historical past of India. Political leaders, celebrities and key personalities from throughout walks of life might be attending the holy consecration ceremony on the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The entire nation will witness the historic occasion dwell on tv however they are going to miss one factor – the presence of the Congress get together within the occasion. The grand previous get together, which claims itself to be a custodian of secularism, has simply shot itself within the foot and has possible killed its ballot prospects for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as effectively.
While the Congress get together final evening introduced to boycott the Ram temple consecration ceremony occasion, it forgot that the difficulty isn’t restricted to solely Uttar Pradesh however will have an effect on many states throughout the nation. “Lord Ram is worshipped by millions in our country. Religion is a personal matter. But the RSS/BJP have long made a political project of the temple in Ayodhya. The inauguration of the incomplete temple by the leaders of the BJP and the RSS has been obviously brought forward for electoral gain. While abiding by the 2019 Supreme Court judgement and honouring the sentiments of millions who revere Lord Ram, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have respectfully declined the invitation to what is clearly an RSS/BJP event,” stated the Congress get together.
Here is the assertion of Shri @Jairam_Ramesh, General Secretary (Communications), Indian National Congress. pic.twitter.com/JcKIEk3afy
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 10, 2024
Congress additionally stated that it acquired the invitation final month. If you learn the assertion fastidiously, the Congress has highlighted that the inauguration of the unfinished temple by the leaders of the BJP and the RSS has been introduced ahead for electoral positive factors. This often is the case however by not attending the occasion, the Congress get together has made the 2024 Polls a totally one-sided match, particularly in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.
While the Congress get together has been hesitant in publicly accepting the Ram Temple verdict, now the BJP has obtained one other weapon to painting the grand previous get together as an anti-Hindu institution. The rejection of the invitation by the Congress will additional assist BJP polarise the Hindi heartland. The Congress has undoubtedly failed to know the bigger temper of the nation and thus is certain to be doomed once more within the 2024 parliamentary polls.
A senior Congress chief from Gujarat, Arjun Modhwadia, took to social media platform X to precise his disapproval of the get together’s choice to skip the occasion. “Lord Shri Ram is the deity of worship. This is a matter of faith and belief for the people of the country. The Indian National Congress should have stayed away from making such political decisions,” Modhwadia stated.
In the phrases of the Congress chief Acharya Pramod Krishnam, “It’s unfortunate to consider Ram Temple a project of the BJP, RSS, VHP or Bajrang Dal. Congress is not against Lord Ram and Hindus. Sadly, some people who have played a role in the party taking this decision. This is a very painful decision and has broken the hearts of crores of Congress party workers. It was Rajiv Gandhi who opened the locks of the Ram Temple. This decision is very painful.”
#WATCH | Congress rejects Ram temple invitation, get together chief Acharya Pramod Krishnam says, “Congress is not against Lord Ram and Hindus. Sadly, some people who have played a role in the party taking this decision. This decision has broken the hearts of many party workers. This… pic.twitter.com/635kOOmaR4
— ANI (@ANI) January 10, 2024
By indicating the function of ‘some individuals’ on this choice, Acharya Pramod Krishnam could also be indicating senior Congress leaders who’re principally from South India. The temple politics of the South and North are completely totally different. If Pramod Krishnam’s indication is in direction of leaders like KC Venugopal, Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh, then these leaders have failed in calculating the emotions of individuals and their devotion in direction of Lord Ram.
Another motive for the Congress get together rejecting the Ram Temple invitation may very well be one much like the rejection of the invite for the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing. According to many senior leaders, the Congress didn’t attend the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing as Rahul Gandhi was not eligible to attend the occasion at that cut-off date as a result of Gujarat High Court verdict in ‘Modi Surname’ case that ripped him off the Lok Sabha membership. Congress desperately desires Rahul Gandhi to be the Prime Ministerial candidate and his absence in the course of the inauguration of the brand new Parliament may have despatched a detrimental message and thus Congress performed safely by not attending the occasion. Now, because the Ram Temple belief has determined to ask leaders of all acknowledged political events and leaders of each homes of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi once more grew to become ineligible to attend the occasion as he’s simply an MP of the Congress get together. While Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president and Leader of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the Leader of the Congress within the Lok Sabha whereas Sonia Gandhi is the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson. Thus these three leaders, not Rahul Gandhi, acquired an invitation from the temple belief.
In any of the instances, the choice is prone to harm the Congress get together because the BJP has already began making it a ballot plank towards the opposition. This additionally signifies that Congress has internally accepted that they can not cease the BJP from coming to energy in 2024 and thus their focus has shifted in direction of scoring political browny factors, which might be of no use in the course of the 2024 Polls.
