AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): Tripura Congress leader Gopal Roy has celebrated former Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s birthday here in Agartala.

Flag hoisting with social distances was done. However, this year due to COVID-19 and Indian army’s martyrdom, Congress was asked by Rahul Gandhi not to celebrate his birthday.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will not celebrate his 50th birthday, which is on Friday, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of 20 Army personnel in a stand-off with China in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, sources close to him said.

The party has also asked its state and district units not to organise any celebration on his birthday.

National Students' Union of India, the student wing of the Congress, organised country-wide blood donation camps on Friday and would provide cash incentives to the poor who have been hit hardest by the pandemic.