The temple trust, who organised the event, invited several Opposition leaders, but they have decided to stay away from the grand event. The opposition parties cannot go to the event as they claimed that the ruling government has turned the religious event into a political one ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would decide who will visit a temple in India after he was denied permission to visit the birthplace (sattra) of Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva in Assam's Nagaon .
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During a law and order situation, everyone can visit the birthplace of Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva, only 'Rahul Gandhi cannot go', the Congress leader said in Assam's Nagaon on Monday
India News: Leaders of opposition INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc, who stayed away from the grand consecration ceremony in Ayodhya which was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, celebrated the occasion in their own ways.