Mayawati gets Ram Temple inauguration invite, says yet to decide on attending it

BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said she has received an invitation for the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and is grateful for it, but a decision on attending it has not been taken yet because of certain party programmes.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a secular party and respects all religions.

"In the future, if any such programme is held regarding the Babri Masjid, our party will have no objection to that also," Mayawati said at a press conference organised here on her 68th birthday.

In 2019, the Supreme Court in its verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit had cleared the way for the temple to be built at the disputed plot of land in Ayodhya where the mosque stood before its demolition.