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Venugopal criticises BJP for ‘politicising’ Ram Temple consecration

Amidst indecision within the party over accepting the invitation extended to its top leaders to attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Congress on Friday criticised the BJP alleging that the saffron party was turning the religious event into a party programme.

All India Congress Committee general secretary in charge of organisation K.C. Venugopal said that senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, had been invited to the consecration ceremony, and added that they would decide at an “appropriate time” whether to attend it.

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