BHOPAL, 22 Jan: Congress veteran Kamal Nath on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a political hue to the idol consecration ceremony at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, terming it “unfortunate and sad.”
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister in a post on his official X account, however, congratulated the people on the occasion of the pran pratishtha (consecration) of the Ram Lalla idol at the magnificent temple in the Uttar Pradesh town on Monday.
The mega ceremony was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in temples across the country.
Nath said that the Ram temple has been constructed in Ayodhya on the orders of the Supreme Court.
“Since there are BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh, it was their responsibility to follow the Supreme Court orders,” said the former union minister.
“The way the BJP has given a political hue to this programme and tried to bring religion on political platform is unfortunate and sad. Lord Ram has always been, and will always be, at the centre of faith for all of us. Politics on this is like playing with religious freedom and traditions,” he stated. (PTI)