New Delhi. In a video statement, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra’s Gen. Sec. Champat Rai said, Today an article has been published in the Delhi edition of The Times of India. The article mentions the speech of Congress leader Shri Rahul Gandhi, delivered in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
In his speech, Shri Rahul Gandhi said that the Hon’ble President of Bharat was not invited to the Pran Pratishtha Ceremony of Shri Ramlalla at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Ayodhya, because of her tribal origin. This statement made by Rahul Gandhi in his speech is completely false, baseless and misleading.
I would like to tell Mr. Rahul Gandhi that both the respected President of Bharat, Smt Droupadi Murmu, and former President Shri Ram Nath Kovind were invited to the auspicious ceremony held in Ayodhya. Saints, families and dignitaries from various fields who have contributed to the progress of Bharat, belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes, were invited. Also, the shramiks involved in the construction of the mandir were also present in the Prana Pratishtha ceremony. Even during the Prana Pratishtha rituals, many families belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes & other backward castes were given the opportunity to worship in the “Goodh Mandap” of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir.
Making such false, baseless, and misleading speeches without proper knowledge of facts can create serious differences in the society. Hence these aspects of the speech are deeply offensive to us.