NEW DELHI: Reports that Congress' student wing NSUI in Rajasthan was collecting funds for the Ram temple in Ayodhya triggered some murmurs in the party.
"Ram Temple fund collection by NSUI underscores once again need for a candid & conceptual discussion within Congress on host of core ideological issues. As INC is a secular party: Does Secularism mean separation of Church & State or Sarv Dharam Sambhav?" Congress MP Manish Tewari tweeted.
However, NSUI National president Neeraj Kundan denied the reports and called them manipulated.
"As the head of NSUI, let me make it clear: We're not running any national campaign to collect any kind of donation for the Ram Mandir. NSUI Rajasthan campaign was a symbolic protest to expose the organised loot by RSS & BJP on the name of Ram Mandir," he said.