Setting the tone for the 2024 parliamentary and Assembly elections in Haryana, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday hit out at the Congress party, blaming it for delaying the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
“Congress party kept the construction of Ram Mandir pending during its tenure for decades after Independence. They [the Congress] kept the Ram temple issue hanging and obstructed its construction. I appreciate the people of Haryana for supporting the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enabling the upcoming inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22,” he said.
Terming the Congress as a party of “cut, commission and corruption”, Mr. Shah said that the party was incapable of driving the development of Haryana and the country, and that the nation had not been secure during their tenure.