The Congress party has stated that party leader Mallikarjun Kharge, former Prime Minister Sonia Gandhi, and party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Lok Sabha have declined to participate in the Ram Mandir event organized by the BJP and RSS, including the inauguration of the incomplete temple, with respect. The party has said that religion is a personal matter, but the RSS/BJP has turned the temple into a political project. It is clear from the leaders of the BJP and RSS that the inauguration of the incomplete temple was done for political gains in all elections.
In the event at Ram Mandir, Khadge, Sonia, and Choudhary declined to participate.
