Communists assault Congress chief for launching Ram Mandir fund drive

A serious political controversy has erupted in Kerala after a Congress chief from Alappuzha district launched a fund assortment for the development of the Lord Ram temple at Ayodhya.
According to the experiences, Raghunathan Pillai, vice chairman of the Alappuzha District Congress Committee not too long ago inaugurated the Ram temple fund assortment drive at Kadavil Temple in Alappuzha.
The Congress chief additionally handed over an quantity to the pinnacle priest of Kadavil Sree Mahalakshmi Temple in Pallipuram. The fund assortment for Sri Ram temple building started on January 30 and can go on until February 28.
However, his participation within the fund assortment drive has now created a political storm after Communists within the state alleged that Congress occasion would not have proper to discuss secularism after collaborating within the Ram Mandir donation rally.
CPI assaults Congress, query their ‘secularism’
CPM state secretary A Vijayaraghavan claimed that the Congress and the RSS-BJP have all the time labored collectively like Siamese twins in Kerala and mentioned it was no shock for the political staff of Kerala. Several Congress leaders have been doing the identical all the time, and Congress doesn’t have any proper to discuss secularism after doing this, he added.
Reacting to the controversy, Pillai mentioned that inner rivalry throughout the Congress occasion resulted in such controversy and added that he had inaugurated the programme as president of the Pallipuram Pattarya Samajam.
Defending Pillai, KPCC basic secretary AA Shukoor mentioned, “Pillai is a true believer, and he had inaugurated the function as president of the Samajam, and there is no need to rake up controversy on this. Raghunathan Pillai is a highly secular person and has always opposed the RSS. The controversy is unnecessary.”