The Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP is India’s biggest national party and currently rules the country. It was formed in 1980, though its origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. The BJP has been in power since 2014, with Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister.
And they like to call themselves as journalists.
I find that the manner in which the inauguration ceremony is organised and list of invitees it is clear that this function is organised with Elections in mind and the whole function is organised as per instructions from BJP/RSS. As per reports the temple is not complete and majority of the invitees who declined to attend the “Pran Pratistha” function never said that they will not visit Rammandir.
Visit to Ram Mandir could be done anytime even after the function of “Pran Pratistha”.
In an ideal world, State has to be separate from Religion. Just as Vatican is separated from Rome. However, Gandhi’s approach of believing in Rom and still remaining neutral to Religion is what will be more palatable to Today’s India. Congress may steadfastedly hold on to its stand of not attending the inauguration as a political Party, but still participating as individual persona. In the end, Ram’s character is nothing similar to what the ruling preposition is espousing !
Congress lost in the game of using religion as a tool. Why should it share the stage with entity that vanquished it ? They have nothing to gain from attending the event with BJP. They may not gain much from the Hindutva voters and will also lose their core voters who see the Temple as a election ploy.