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While Ayodhya is all decked up for the historic event, opposition leaders have shared an unexpected response, most of them endorsing the Ram Mandir.
Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh hailed the RamTemple event and said
she hopes the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya becomes a marker of “national unity, brotherhood and cultural harmony.”
"The 'bhoomi poojan' ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya has been scheduled for August 5. Hope this event becomes a celebration of national unity, brotherhood and cultural harmony in accordance with the message of Lord Ram and with his blessings," she said a day before the ground-breaking ceremony or ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday.
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The Congress leader further hoped the ceremony spreads the message and blessings of Lord Ram all across.
"Simplicity, courage, restraint, sacrifice, commitment is the essence of the name Deenbandhu Ram. Lord Ram belongs to everybody. Lord Ram wants everybody's welfare. That is why he is called 'Maryada Purshottam'," Gandhi added.
Priyanka Gandhi's husband, Robert Vadra also took to twitter and shared a poster of himself in folded hands, appealing to everyone to make the mega event of Ram Temple 'bhumi pujan' a symbol a togetherness and brotherhood.
Mamta Choudhary, the president of Uttar Pradesh Mahila Congress, tweeted a video with Gandhi’s quotes from the statement playing next to her image.
The image is an old picture of Gandhi where she has folded her hands, has a tika on her forehead, and a marigold garland around her neck — with the Ram Mandir model in the background.
A series of Congress leaders came out in support of the Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan — the latest being former Union minister Manish Tewari, who put out a video, humming lines from the famous bhajan ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath appeared in a 'Bhagwa' avatar on Twitter, while hosting a recital of 'Hanuman Chalisa' at his residence on Tuesday, ahead of the Ram Temple ceremony to be held in Ayodhya. The former Chief Minister also announced that 11 silver bricks would be donated to Ayodhya on Tuesday on behalf of the state Congress.
“We are sending 11 silver bricks to Ayodhya on behalf of the public of Madhya Pradesh,” announced Nath at his residence after recital of 'Hanuman Chalisa'. These bricks were bought by the Congress family by offering donations, he added.
Nath also shared a video 'welcoming' the construction of Ram Temple and said that the ceremony and this day was much awaited. He said that Ram Mandir is being constructed with the consent of each and very Indian and this is only possible in India.
Political parties that had formerly resisted the Ram temple movement have been largely measured in their criticism lately, not for once bringing up the demolition of the mosque, but mostly targeting the government for having an event during Covid-19 and not focussing enough on issues such as health and economy.
Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi party chief and opposition in Uttar Pradesh also tweeted an endorsement of Ram Mandir quoting " Jai Mahadev, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Radha Krishna, Jai Hanuman."
Akhilesh Yadav said that he hopes the present and future generations will follow the paths shown by Lord Ram and will always pray for peace and harmony with a true heart.
The temple town of Ayodhya is all set to witness the much-anticipated bhoomi pujan ceremony of Ram Temple today. The event will be attended by 175 people, including several high-profile dignitaries and saints from across the country.