Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi expressed her lack of surprise at the denial of Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony, which is going
to take place on January 22.

“Look, I’m not surprised to hear this, and the reason is that they are like those frogs that
only visit the temple during elections. They need to remember that the entire country will
question why, if their faith was in Lord Rama, they didn’t establish a new and inclusive
system after 70 years of independence, where basic amenities were lacking.” Meenakshi
Lekhi, the union minister, said.

Highlighting deficiencies in the pre-2014 system, Lekhi pointed out that a vast portion of
India’s population lacked basic amenities.