During Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi asked a gathering whether they saw any OBC or SC/ST people during Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony. "It was attended by Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and PM Narendra Modi," he added. However, Aishwarya Rai was not present at the event. Congress had also skipped the event, calling it "political".