NEW DELHI: Despite the position most opposition parties have taken on the Ram Mandir inauguration, former cricketer and AAP MP Harbhajan Singh announced on Saturday that he will attend the ‘Pran Pratistha’ (consecration) ceremony of Ram Lalla (Lord Ram’s idol) on January 22 at Ayodhya. “I will attend the ceremony regardless of who else wants to go or not; Congress, other parties, or even myself, will undoubtedly go. This is where I stand as a personal God-believer. “Anybody who is against me going to the Ram Mandir can do as they please,” Harbhajan Singh, also known as “Bhajji,” said to a news agency.His comments coincided with opposition parties calling for a boycott of the Ram Mandir inauguration on January 22, claiming that the BJP is politicising the occasion and that they would not support the party’s plan to exploit the temple opening as a political tool for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “It is our good fortune that this temple is being built at this time, so we should all go and get blessings (from Lord Ram)….I am definitely going to the (Ram Mandir inauguration) to seek blessings (from Lord Ram),” the Member of Parliament for AAP stated. Days prior, Harbhajan Singh, the leader of his party and the chief minister of Delhi, had stated that he would not be attending the event on January 22 and that he has not yet received a “formal invitation” for the “Pran Pratistha.” He continued by saying that, after January 22, he and his spouse, kids, and parents will go to the temple.
