Devotees clash with Congress leaders who reached Ayodhya, party flag thrown

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, current president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary had received invitation for the consecration ceremony to be held in Ayodhya. Congress has rejected it. Only after this a team of UP Congress has reached Ayodhya.

Congress leaders who rejected the invitation for Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha program clashed with some devotees in Ayodhya. These people were angry with the party flag being taken to the temple. When Congress workers protested after throwing the flag, things started to deteriorate. The deployed UP Police personnel somehow pacified the matter.

A party delegation along with Congress' UP in-charge Avinash Pandey and state president Ajay Rai has gone on Ayodhya tour. On Monday, when this group stopped in front of the main entrance of Ram temple after darshan in Hanumangarhi, some people snatched the Congress flag from the hand of an elderly worker and threw it far away. When the mob snatched the flag from the Congress worker and threw it away, the workers started protesting against it. On this, clashes broke out from both sides. After this, UP Police personnel pacified the matter. After this, the workers who were holding Congress flags in their hands left from there.

Congress team is on Ayodhya tour

Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are on Ayodhya tour these days. An entire Congress delegation has reached Ayodhya along with state president Ajay Rai and party's UP in-charge Avinash Pandey. On Monday, this Congress party first took a dip in Saryu and then went to Hanumangarhi and offered prayers. After this, Congress leaders also came to see Ramlala. It is believed that all this was done by Congress for damage control. In fact, recently Congress leaders had rejected the invitation for the consecration of Shri Ram Temple.

Congress had received the invitation for Pran Pratistha

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, current president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary had received invitation for the consecration ceremony to be held in Ayodhya. After 25 days, Congress rejected it and called it a political program of BJP and asked to distance itself from it. After this, for damage control, even before the consecration, Congress made a program to visit Ayodhya and a group of UP Congress leaders had come to visit Ayodhya.