On BJP's attack over Ram temple issue, Kharge says the faithful can visit Ayodhya any day

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said anyone having faith in Lord Ram can visit the Ayodhya temple any day and added the BJP was attacking his party over the decision to decline the invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony as part of “a conspiracy”.

The Congress has never hurt any religion or guru, he said, adding it will not fall for the BJP’s diversionary tactic and will continue to raise people’s issues such as inflation and unemployment.

Kharge and top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have “respectfully declined” the invitation to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on January 22, accusing the BJP and the RSS of making it a “political project” for electoral gain.