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People who declined invite are politicising Ram temple ceremony: A Kumar

I'm of the view that common Muslims are not anti-Ram which is why prophecies that something untoward might take place in the country did not materialise, Alok Kumar said in an interview

Alok Kumar VHP, Alok Kumar VHP International Working President
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Alok Kumar, International Working President of VHP

Archis Mohan Ayodhya
Alok Kumar, senior advocate and international working president of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), in an interview with Archis Mohan in Ayodhya, discusses the disconnect between the Congress leadership and its workers, rejects the controversy surrounding the purported comments by the Shankaracharyas as “deliberately false”, and says court will decide the Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath disputes. Edited excerpts:


Should one view Monday’s pran pratishtha ceremony in the context of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls or is there a larger perspective?
 
We should view the ceremony from a larger perspective. We invited the prime minister. We also invited prominent Opposition