"They'll Try": VHP On LK Advani, MM Joshi Amid Row Over Ram Temple Event

This comes shortly after the Ram temple trust told the media that the veterans were requested not to come owing to their old age and the biting cold.

BJP veterans Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been invited for the grand inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in January, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said today. This comes shortly after the Ram temple trust told the media that the veterans were requested not to come owing to their old age and the biting cold. "राम मंदिर आंदोलन के पुरोधा आदरणीय लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी जी और आदरणीय डॉ मुरली मनोहर जोशी जी को अयोध्या में 22 जनवरी 2024 को राम मंदिर के प्राण प्रतिष्ठा कार्यक्रम में आने का निमंत्रण दिया। रामजी के आंदोलन के बारे में बात हुई। दोनों वरिष्ठों ने कहा कि वह आने का पूरा प्रयास करेंगे":… pic.twitter.com/gF0QEdC80d

Mr Advani, now 96, and Mr Joshi, 89, led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement from the front. A former Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Advani took out the controversial 'rath yatra' from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh to rally support for the movement. Both the BJP veterans were present at the time of the Babri Masjid demolition.

Alok Kumar, international working president of the VHP, said Mr Advani and Mr Joshi, leaders of the Ram Mandir movement, had been invited for the January 22 event. "We spoke about Ramji's movement. Both the seniors said they would try their best to come for the event," Mr Kumar said, according to a post on VHP's handle on X.