‘Congress is a secular celebration’: Livid, Congress distances itself from Rajasthan NSUI’s Ram Mandir fund assortment drive

After the Rajasthan wing of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the coed wing of Congress, launched a drive to gather funds for the development of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, the Rajasthan Congress has distanced itself from the NSUI’s drive.
The NSUI had launched a marketing campaign named ‘Rs 1 Ram k Nam’ in Rajasthan on Tuesday to gather donations from college students for the development of Ram Mandir. The NSUI state president Abhishek Chaudhary launched the marketing campaign at Commerce College in Jaipur. The NSUI had launched the marketing campaign alleging the BJP and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the coed wing of the RSS, have been looting folks within the title of gathering funds. An announcement issued by the NSUI claimed that the marketing campaign will final 15 days and all the cash collected will probably be transferred to the Ram Temple Trust.
Congress is a secular celebration: Party treasurer Pawan Bansal
However, the state Congress has distanced itself from the Ram Mandir drive of Rajasthan NSUI. Speaking at a press convention in Jaipur within the presence of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress National Treasurer Pawan Bansal stated that this was not the official stand of the Congress Party because it was a secular celebration.
“I was not aware that NSUI in Rajasthan will be collecting funds for Ram temple. But this is not the stand of the Congress. The Congress has no plans to collect donations for the Ram temple. I was contacted for the drive but I refused, as religion for me is my personal faith and personal matter. The Congress is secular”, stated Bansal.
NSUI’s drive causes stir amongst liberals
Rajasthan NSUI’s determination to gather funds for the development of the Ram temple has made the liberals uneasy. Apparently, the information notably disturbed ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub who tagged Congress scion Rahul Gandhi on Twitter looking for his response on the NSUI’s drive.
Screenshot of Rana Ayyub’s tweet“Oh hello”, wrote Ayyub on Twitter tagging Rahul Gandhi. However, she deleted the tweet later.
Congress celebration’s stand concerning Ram Mandir has not been very clear. While the celebration leaders like Digvijaya Singh and Raghunathan Pillai (Kerala Congress) made donations for the development of Ram Mandir and inaugurated the fund assortment drive respectively, Congress has been making an attempt arduous to challenge itself as a secular celebration.