'His party never hurt any religion or religious leader'The Congress President said that his party has never hurt any religion or religious leader. Kharge said, “Our issues are only that what work has the Modi government done for the unemployed youth, what steps has it taken regarding inflation? What to say on Chinese infiltration on the border?'' He claimed, ''We are concerned about Dalits, tribals, backward classes and poor sections of the society, which BJP is not concerned about.''Earlier, Laxman Singh, former Congress MLA and brother of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, also attacked the high command. He said that rejecting the invitation of Ram temple would be very costly for the Congress party. He said that Rajiv Gandhi had got the lock of the temple opened. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Veer Bahadur Singh talked about giving 46 acres of land to Ram Mandir Trust. Till now everything was fine, but after this Veer Bahadur Singh stepped down from the post of CM and Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.Those who fought are now taking decisionsAfter this, the battle of Ram temple was fought by sages and saints from all over the country. Many people including intellectuals, political parties participated in this and fought this battle. He won the battle in the court and started the construction of the temple. Now the same people will take decisions regarding the temple. Regarding Congress Party's rejection of invitation, Laxman Singh said, what message are we giving by this? Rajiv Gandhi had got the lock of the temple opened, so who are you to refuse?The consequences of rejecting the invitation will be visible in the elections.He said that the high command has kept some advisors who have taken this decision. There will be no benefit from this but only loss. The decisions that were being taken till now in the elections will be the same. Regarding reconsideration of the decision, Laxman Singh said that now the loss that was to be caused has been done. There will be no benefit in changing the decision now. Now the Congress party will have to suffer its consequences in the upcoming elections.#WATCH Delhi: On Congress declining the invitation for Ram Temple 'Pran Pratishtha', Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge said, "I had given a statement on the 6th January...why is the BJP bringing it up repeatedly? We don't want to hurt anyone. Our issue is what PM… pic.twitter.com/abyUx3PVYn
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