New Delhi, June 30 -- A senior Congress delegation is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on Tuesday to offer prayers at the Ram temple amid the ongoing row over alleged financial irregularities linked to the shrine.

According to a Congress statement, the delegation will be headed by Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai and will include MPs Kishori Lal Sharma (Amethi), Rakesh Rathor (Sitapur), Ujjwal Raman Singh (Prayagraj) and Tanuj Punia (Barabanki).

In a separate statement issued late on Monday, the party alleged that Rai had been placed under house arrest at a hotel in Ayodhya.

The delegation will also include former Barabanki MP S P Gautam, former MLC Deepak Singh, former Maharajganj MLA Virendra Chaudhary and former Barabanki MLA Mit...