The Excise Commissioner issued directions to all the District Magistrates of Uttar Pradesh regarding keeping all the liquor shops of UP closed on January 22, 2024.
"Congress is not boycotting Ram Janmabhoomi or Ram Temple. In fact, Congress does not agree with this Pran Pratistha ceremony being conducted by the Bharatiya Janata Party," Uday Bhan said.
Civilian award recipients, retired Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, and family members of Kar Sevaks -- who died during the Ram Temple movement -- are among the invitees for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya later this month, sources said on Thursday.
Calling the Ram Temple inauguration an event of the BJP and RSS, Congress has turned down the invitation for the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Lord Ram Lalla, scheduled later this month in Ayodhya.
The General Secretary of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Champat Rai, accepted 500 kg of Nagada adorned with layers of gold and silver for the Ayodhya Ram Temple.
"We invited the Prime Minister and also the Leader of Opposition. We also invited the BJP president and chiefs of other parties. If everyone will work together for Lord Ram, then there will not be any political gain or loss," Kumar told ANI.
"If they don't wish to be there, then why drag the RSS and the BJP, and why are they trying to do politics over Lord Ram Temple's consecration?" lashed out at the BJP leader.
In line with preparations for the Lord Ram Pran Pratishtha ceremony to be held in Ayodhya on January 22, the Uttar Pradesh government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch a mega cleanliness campaign from Makar Sankranti in Ayodhya.
With the Congress declining the invitation for the Ram Mandir "inauguration ceremony," calling it a "BJP/RSS event," BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Thursday slammed the party, calling its decision "unforgivable" which "has hurt sentiments of millions of Hindus"
In a heartwarming display of devotion, 42 pregnant women in Surat, Gujarat, have contributed uniquely to the 'Pran Pratishta' ceremony of Lord Rama's deity in Ayodhya. Ahead of the 'Pran Pratishta' ceremony, these expectant mothers inscribed the mantra 'Jai Shri Ram' 21 times in 21 different
Union Minister Anurag Thakur slammed the Congress party for declining the invitation to attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, scheduled later this month and said that people too will "reject" them in the upcoming elections.