US-based Hindu group criticizes Modi over temple’s inauguration

The inauguration on Monday of Ram Temple, built in Ayodhya 32 years after a Hindu nationalist mob demolished the Mughal-era Babri Masjid, drew criticism from home and abroad alike.

A prominent US-based Hindu group accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘weaponising’ their faith and using the Ram Temple for political gain, CNN reported.

“The Ram Temple is being built on the ruins of a sacred medieval mosque destroyed by a Hindu nationalist mob, on a long contested holy site in India,” a statement from Hindus for Human Rights said.

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