Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Difficult to attend Ram temple consecration as BJP has made it political event, says Rahul

Chiephobozou (Nagaland): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it is difficult for his party's leaders to attend the January 22 Ram temple consecration ceremony as the BJP and the RSS have turned it into a "political event" centred around Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Wayanad MP was speaking to media persons during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here.

"The Ram temple consecration ceremony is a political event centred around the Prime Minister. The BJP and the RSS are giving an election flavour to it and that is why it is difficult for us to attend," Gandhi said. 

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"It is difficult for us to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony when our principal opponents the BJP and the RSS have captured the function and turned it into election event," he said.

On the opposition INDIA bloc, the Congress leader said the alliance will defeat the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The seat sharing discussions among INDIA bloc partners are being carried out amicably, he said. 

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He asserted that the opposition alliance will win the Lok Sabha poll together. The yatra reached Nagaland on Monday evening after it began in Thoubal in Manipur on January 14.

The yatra will pass through 100 Lok Sabha constituencies in 15 states, traversing 6,713 km, in buses and on foot, and culminates in Mumbai on March 20-21. (with Agency inputs)

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