Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Kohima reiterated that the Ram Temple inauguration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22 is 'RSS BJP function.' Rahul Gandhi while addressing a gathering said, "The RSS and the BJP have made the January 22 function a completely political Narendra Modi function.

It's a RSS BJP function and I think that is why the Congress President said that he would not go to the function. We are open to all religions, and all practices. Even the authorities of the Hindu religion, the biggest authorities of the Hindu religion have made their view public about what they think about the 22nd January function that it is a political function."

"So it is difficult for us to go to a political function which is designed around the Prime Minister of India and designed around the RSS..," he added.

"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] and the Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] have made the January 22nd function a completely political Narendra Modi function. It's an RSS-BJP function and I think that is why the Congress president [Mallikarjun Kharge] said that he would not attend the function," said Gandhi.

"We are open to all religions, all practices. Even the authorities of the Hindu religion, the biggest authorities of the Hindu religion, have made their view public about what they think about the January 22 function, that it is a political function," he said.