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Accordingly the party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india (Marxist) will skip the ‘Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav’ for Lord ram in Uttar Pradesh’s ayodhya on january 22. CPI(M)’s General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has decided not to go to the temple’s consecration ceremony, sources said. Speaking to reporters PI(M)’s politburo member Brinda Karat confirmed the development and said, “We are certainly not going. While we respect the feelings of the believers, the politicisation of the religious programme and to use of the state and the government is not in keeping up with our belief that religion and politics should be kept separate.” “It is also not keeping in line with the supreme Court’s guidelines that the State should not have a religious colour,” she added.
Meanwhile the party later issued a statement saying that CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury had received an invitation to attend the inauguration of the ram temple, however, the party decided not to attend the event. Interestingly the party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india (CPI) General Secretary D raja has not received an invite to attend the ‘Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav’. Speaking to news 18, D raja also called the temple’s inaugural event a “state-sponsored” affair and said his party will also skip it. Similarly, other political leaders have also been invited. It remains to be seen how many of these leaders will be in ayodhya on january 22 and what impact their differing positions have on the india bloc dynamics.
Moreover the inauguration of the ram temple in ayodhya is scheduled to take place on january 22, 2024. The ceremony will be attended by prime minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and many other prominent people from all walks of life.