Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the Assam authorities prevented him from visiting Batadrava Satra Temple, the birthplace of Fifteenth-century scholar and reformer Srimanta Sankardeva in Nagaon, NDTV reported.
“We wish to go to the temple,” Gandhi stated. “What crime have I dedicated that I can’t go to the temple? We don’t wish to create any issues, we merely wish to pray on the temple.”
VIDEO | “What’s the difficulty brother? Can I’m going and see the barricades? What mistake I’ve achieved that I’m not allowed contained in the temple?” Congress chief @RahulGandhi tells a safety official as he’s stopped from visiting Assam’s Batadrava Than, the birthplace of saint Srimanta… pic.twitter.com/WAK3ryrAVt
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On Sunday, the administration committee of the temple had urged the Congress MP to not go to it until the Ram temple in Ayodhya was consecrated. Gandhi was scheduled to supply prayers on the shrine as a part of Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, or India Justice and Unity March, is the second large-scale outreach programme of Congress, through which Gandhi is slated to journey 6,200 km throughout 15 states. He’ll cowl Assam between January 18 and January 25.
The shrine administration committee stated that on Monday, many devotees would go to the positioning on the event of the consecration.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma additionally urged Gandhi to not go to the shrine whereas the ceremony was underway, claiming that it will convey the state “into a nasty gentle”. He additionally stated that there “shouldn’t be any competitors between the Ram temple and Batadrava”.
After he was denied entry on Monday, Gandhi started a sit-in protest in Nagaon, asking if Modi will now resolve who will go to the temple.
Congress Normal Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh alleged that the temple administration committee was pressured by the Assam chief minister to vary its resolution on letting Gandhi go to.
Chronology samjhiye:
1. On Jan 11, 2024, the native Congress MLA Shibomani Barua and one other MLA Rana Goswami met the Bordowa Than Satradhikar and knowledgeable him of Rahul Gandhi’s need to spend a couple of minutes within the early hours of January twenty second in the course of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra at… https://t.co/br8PjHxwIo
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 22, 2024
Ramesh stated that the celebration had conveyed to the committee Gandhi’s need to go to the temple on January 11 by Congress MLAs Shibomani Barua Rana Goswami. He stated that the committee had “welcomed and supported” Gandhi’s need.
The Congress MP from Kaliabor, Gaurav Gogoi, stated that he visited the temple on behalf of Gandhi after he was denied permission by the police who cited legislation and order and a pre-scheduled programme.
“The very fact is the other as a result of there was no programme happening,” he alleged.
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