On a day when Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi declined an invitation to attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flayed the Opposition parties, saying they would lose “core Hindu support” if they choose to stay away from the event.
Reacting to allegations of the Opposition parties that the VHP and Bharatiya Janata Party are using the temple ceremony for political gains, Alok Kumar, international working president of the VHP, said, “Just imagine a situation where all INDIA [Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance] leaders had participated in it. Then what happens? If they boycott, people can draw their own conclusions.”
