Uddhav and Sharad Pawar invited for Temple ceremony
Akhilesh
and Lalu Prasad have also been invited says top VHP leader
Harish
Gupta
New Delhi, Dec 28
Contrary to reports, it has now emerged that the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Trust and Vishwa Hindu Parishad have invited Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party and Uddhav Thackeray, president of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), have been invited to attend the opening ceremony on January 22, 2024.
Yesterday, Sharad Pawar had said that he has not been invited to the Temple ceremony function. Even Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut was also very upset that his party has not been invited to the function and blasted the BJP. He claimed that had Shiv Sainik not demolished the structure, Ram Temple would not have been there.
As if this is not enough the Temple Trust and VHP have also invited Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav for the ceremony. Though it was during Mulayam Singh's regime that Kar Sewak were fired upon in Ayodhya. Akhilesh Yadav is free to lead the delegation foir the ceremony on January 22.
Similarly, Lalu Prasad Yadav, president of the RJD has also been invited to the ceremony. Though it was during Lalu Yadav's regime as Chief Minister when L K Advani's Ram Rath Yatra was stopped in Bihar and the BJP leader was arrested. The VHP leadership has also invited Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal for the ceremony as well.
When
contacted by Lokmat, Alok Kumar, working President of the VHP, said
that all prominent leaders of political parties have been invited to
the ceremony. “I am not in a position to say why this issue is
being raised. We have not no reservation against anybody for any
political reason. We want people to come and attend the ceremony and
see the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. It's the most auspicious occasion and
I would urge the people not to politicize it.”
