“From Somnath to Ram Mandir to Shah Bano; Know the appeasement legacy of Congress”, Organiser, May 06, 2024:

“The Somnath Temple was reconstructed by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Babu Rajendra Prasad, and KM Munshi. Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister during that time. He didn’t visit Somnath.

“I confess that I do not like the idea of your associating yourself with the spectacular opening of the Somnath Temple. This is not merely visiting a temple, which can certainly be done by you or anyone else, but rather participating in a significant function which unfortunately has some implications,” Nehru wrote to Rajendra Prasad, then President of India. Despite Nehru’s reservations, Prasad attended the Somnath temple’s inauguration in May 1951.

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury “respectfully” declined the invitation extended by Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Trust to attend the Pran Prathista ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. In a statement, the Congress said that its senior leaders would not be attending the inauguration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. “Lord Ram is worshipped by millions in our country” and “religion is a personal matter……”

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