BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday accused the Congress and Left parties of creating a "toxic atmosphere" during the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation, and advised them to visit the new Ram temple at Ayodhya without invitation as an `atonement'.
Recounting her memories of the agitation of which she was a part, she also said the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's attempt to keep both Hindus and Muslims happy eventually led to the demolition of the Babri mosque on December 6, 1992.
"These leftists and Congressmen created a toxic atmosphere at that time. Now when they say we do not get invitation (for the January 22 consecration ceremony for the Ram temple), I would say your biggest atonement will be that you go there without invitation and take a dip in the river Saryu and stand in front of Lord Ram by holding ears (seeking forgiveness)," the former Union minister said.
