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Yogi Adityanath Slams Congress, SP for Skipping Ram Temple Consecration
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News18•27-09-2026, 19:20
Yogi Adityanath Slams Congress, SP for Skipping Ram Temple Consecration
- •Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath criticized the Congress and Samajwadi Party for their absence from the Ram Lalla consecration ceremony in Ayodhya in January 2024.
- •Yogi stated that leaders from opposition parties were invited but chose not to attend the ceremony.
- •He sarcastically remarked that they might have feared their “skull caps might get blown off” by attending.
- •The Congress publicly declined the invitation to the consecration ceremony.
- •SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had indicated he would visit the temple with his family after the consecration.
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Yogi Adityanath accused the Congress and Samajwadi Party of ignoring the Ram Temple for vote bank politics, noting that their leaders chose not to attend the Ram Lalla consecration ceremony in Ayodhya in January 2024 despite being invited.
The Congress publicly declined the invitation to attend the consecration ceremony, while SP chief Akhilesh Yadav stated that he planned to visit the temple with his family after the ceremony took place.
Yogi Adityanath alleged that the Samajwadi Party and Congress have historically opposed the Ram temple movement, previously questioning Lord Ram's existence and using police actions against devotees before attempting to project themselves as devotees for political gains.
