Congress' Meira Kumar gets invitation to attend Ram temple consecration

New Delhi: Vishva Hindu Parishad on Sunday said that senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has been formally invited to attend the consecration ceremony at Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22.

An invitation to attend the consecration ceremony has also been extended to former deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha Kariya Munda, it added.

"RSS Akhil Bharatiya Sampark Pramukh Ramlal has given an invitation to Smt. Meira Kumar, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha and daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram ji," VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal said in post on X.

लोकसभा की पूर्व अध्यक्ष और बाबू जगजीवन राम जी की पुत्री श्रीमती @meira_kumar को राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के अखिल भारतीय सम्पर्क प्रमुख श्री @Ramlal और लोकसभा के पूर्व डिप्टी स्पीकर श्री करिया मुंडा को 22 जनवरी को श्री राम मंदिर की प्राण प्रतिष्ठा का निमंत्रण सौंपा।#राममंदिर… pic.twitter.com/qleASa7X1M

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Former deputy speaker of the (15th) Lok Sabha, Kariya Munda has also been invited to attend the ceremony, he added.

The VHP spokesperson also shared pictures of Kumar and Munda receiving the invitation from a delegation representing Ram temple trust in his post on X.