Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Day: PM Modi in Ayodhya, Oppn leaders chart alternate plans for January 22 | Read here
Arvind Kejriwal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray have some other plans for the day. The Congress turned down the invitation for the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Lord Ram Lalla. Senior Congress leaders--Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury--have 'declined' the invitation to the grand event in Ayodhya.
Ayodhya wore a festive look and was decked up with vibrant petals on Thursday, as it awaited the return of Lord Ram after an exile spanning 500 years. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Bordowa Satra in Assam's Nagaon district, the birthplace of Sri Sankardev on Pran Pratishtha day, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday. "January 22 is the ninth day of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
At 7 am, Rahul Gandhi will be going to Bordowa Satra in Nagaon district, which is the birthplace of Sri Sri Sankardev, and pay his tributes to him," Jairam Ramesh told ANI. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday that she will lead a 'rally for harmony' in Kolkata on January 22, the day on which the Ram temple consecration ceremony will be held in Ayodhya. Banerjee, the chief of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), said she would begin the procession from the Hazra crossing in south Kolkata after paying obeisance to Goddess Kali at the Kalighat temple.
In response, Pawar has been more reserved, thanking for the invitation but stating that he would not be going because "it will be easier to get darshan" following the "historic event". "By that time, the construction of the Ram Temple will also be finished," he stated, making a subtle jab at the BJP. Arvind Kejriwal is currently on his three-day Goa visit amid
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