Awhad, who is part of NCP Sharad Pawar faction, said he 'doesn't make any statement without knowing about it, but doesn't want to fuel the controversy'.
Vikramaditya Singh, son of the late former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh, is the state’s only Congress leader to get an invitation for the Ram mandir consecration ceremony on 22 January.
In 108th episode of his monthly radio broadcast, the PM also said people are writing poems and bhajans on Ayodhya and Ram Mandir, and listed India's big milestones of the year.
Modi’s visit is seen as a tone-setter for the Ram temple opening next month. The PM has inaugurated the city’s redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Junction, and flagged off eight new trains.
It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.
Thiruvananthapuram MP first from party to publicly announce a decision. No word yet on whether invitees Sonia, Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will attend 22 January inauguration.
While the temple's 1st floor is ready, 2nd & 3rd floors are under construction. Sanctum where deity will be placed is also ready, says Ram Temple Trust general-secretary Champat Rai.
In meeting of party's central office-bearers in Delhi, entire plan of making temple inauguration a big success and pan-India outreach for the next two months was discussed, say party leaders.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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