‘Re 1 Ram Ke Naam’: Congress Youth Wing NSUI Starts Drive To Collect Money For Ram Temple Construction In Ayodhya

Jaipur: Congress youth wing National Students’ Union of India on Tuesday kicked started a unique campaign to collect funds from students for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Named as ‘Rs 1 Ram Ke Naam’ (Rs 1 in the name of Lord Ram), the drive was started by NSUI state president Abhishek Chaudhary at Commerce College at Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. ALSO READ | CAA Rules Under Preparations, Can Take Another 6 Months: MHA Tells Lok Sabha

As per reports, nearly 100 members of the student wing of the Congress party collected contributions from students in the college in three sealed boxes on the first day.

NSUI spokesperson Ramesh Bhati told news agency PTI that all colleges in the state will be covered under this 15-day long campaign and the youth wing would hand over the collected amount to Ram temple authorities in Ayodhya. 

Meanwhile, even the Delhi unit of theh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Feb 1 launched a campaign for collecting donations for the construction of Ram temple after party MP Manoj Tiwari’s proposed ‘Rath Yatra’ in northeast Delhi was postponed owing to the farmers’ protest. Tiwari said he postponed his ‘Rath Yatra’ in view of the “prevailing situation” in the city.

“The Delhi Police is doing a great job in the prevailing situation. In view of its preoccupation with farmers protest at national capital’s borders and the blast in the city, I decided to postpone the Rath Yatra,” Tiwari told PTI. He said the ‘Rath Yatra’ will be taken out once the situation normalises.

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The office bearers of Delhi BJP-led by party president Adesh Gupta collected donations from people across the capital city. BJP MP said though the ‘Rath Yatra’ was postponed, he visited his constituency and collected donations from the people there.

“It’s a matter of faith for many people in the country and BJP workers will knock at every door for collecting funds for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya,” Gupta said adding that the campaign will continue till February 27.

(With inputs from PTI)