Months after former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and state Congress president Kamal Nath welcomed the development of Ram temple, and senior occasion chief Digvijaya Singh mentioned even former PM Rajiv Gandhi needed the temple to be inbuilt Ayodhya, a state Congress office-bearer is now gathering donations for the temple’s building.
MP Congress secretary Vivek Khandelwal mentioned he has collected Rs 70,000 over the past three days. He mentioned the drive will proceed till the top of January, when he plans to journey to Ayodhya and donate the collected quantity to Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerath Kshetra Trust for the temple’s building.
Khandelwal maintained that whereas he has begun the donation drive in his private capability, the transfer has the occasion’s consent. “The initiative is in sync with the party’s stand, as our (state unit) president Kamal Nath has himself held a puja and welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision (in favour of the temple trust).”
Asked whether or not the Cngress plans to emulate the fund assortment drive throughout the state, and whether or not it’s the official occasion line, Nath replied, “No it’s not true.”
State Congress spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta mentioned, “This is not a drive undertaken by the party or (being done) officially. It is being done by Khandelwal in his personal capacity as a Ram bhakt.”
Taking a dig on the BJP, Gupta mentioned, “I think every transparent individual has a right to collect donations and give it to the trust much, like Khandelwal, who has declared that he collected Rs 70,000 so far. The BJP should also declare how much money it has collected and what gets donated.”
Kamal Nath had, in August final yr, mentioned that the Ram temple is being constructed with the consent of each Indian, and that folks throughout nation are ready for it since lengthy.
Khandelwal’s initiative comes after a nationwide assortment drive referred to as by the Vishva Hindu Parishad together with different Sangh organisations – as a part of this assortment drive, a ‘jan jagran rally’ (consciousness drive) is being held between December 25, 2020 and January 14 this yr, with a succeeding spherical proposed from January 15 to February 14. Through these drives, staff of those pro-Hindutva outfits plan to succeed in out to almost 55 crore individuals in 4 lakh villages throughout the nation.
Asked whether or not his is an try to counter the VHP initiative, Khandelwal mentioned, “I am a believer, and Ram is my God as much as anybody else. The donation drive is aimed at ensuring all those who want to be connected by giving the sayog nidhi (donation).”
