Congress, Akhilesh decline invitations to attend Ram temple event

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have respectfully declined the government's invitation to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, calling it an "RSS-BJP event". The Congress statement distinguishes between the BJP-backed "political event" and the party's reverence for the Ram temple.