Even as the Samajwadi Party has criticised the Sangh parivar for launching a fundraising campaign for the Ram temple, Aparna Yadav, the daughter-in-law of party patron and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, has donated Rs 11 lakh for the construction of the temple at Ayodhya.
On Friday, prant pracharak of Awadh province, Kaushal, along with Prashant Bhatia, reached the residence of Aparna Yadav in Lucknow. The younger daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav made the donation for the construction of Ram temple while her supporters also pitched in.
Aparna Yadav said, "We have faith and reverence for Ram, so I have voluntarily donated Rs 11 lakh for the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. Ram is the centre of India's civilisational values and faith. I feel that every Indian should donate to this temple, so I have also donated."
On firing on the kar sevaks in Ayodhya, Aparna Yadav said, "What was done earlier and under what circumstances it happened is very sad. I do not want to comment on that. What has passed now cannot be changed. We should live in the present and today I have dedicated this amount for the Ram temple. I think the future generations will also follow Ram."