The union sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday donated his one-month salary after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directive to all BJP MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
“PM Narendra Modi ji announced PMCares Fund to strengthen disaster management capacities and to encourage research on protecting citizens. It accepts micro-donations too. Let us contribute to make India healthier and more prosperous for our future generations. I’ve donated my one month salary,” Rijiju wrote on his Facebook page.
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“Also keeping in touch with District Administration and authorized my nodal DC to use my MPLAD funds to purchase emergency medical kits to fight #COVID-19.”
The country is under a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus that has claimed nearly 25,000 lives globally.
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