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Attending Ram temple consecration will be suicidal for Cong., says Sudheeran

Lashing out at the Congress leadership for its indecisive stand on attending the Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration, veteran Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran said it would be suicidal to attend the Sangh Parivar-sponsored ceremony, which would be akin to falling into the trap set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, defying an All India Congress Committee (AICC) diktat to Congress members against commenting on the issue until the party leadership takes a final call, he said that the party should have outrightly rejected the invite to the ceremony instead of discussing it.

‘Diluted secularism’

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