New Delhi: In an unusual protest, five Union Ministers today joined BJP MPs in singing hymns before Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament complex praying for "wisdom" to Congress members who have paralysed Rajya Sabha over Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's remarks.

Union Ministers Sadananda Gowda, Ananth Kumar, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ram Vilas Paswan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi besides a number of party MPs held a "prayer meeting" before Gandhi's statue, singing Gandhi's favourite hymn 'ram dhun', minutes after Congress members vacated the spot after holding aprotest.