Pinaki Mishra Donates Rs 12 Lakh to CM Relief Fund

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau):  Biju Janata Dal veteran and Member of Parliament from Puri, Adv. Pinaki Mishra today contributed Rs 12 lakh to the Chief Minister Relief Fund to combat COVID-19 in the State.

In a tweet, The Lok Sabha member said that he had humbly committed his entire salary for 17th Lok Sabha on being elected in May’19 to the Relief Fund. On March 23, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appealed the people to donate generously to CMRF to provide humanitarian help to the Coronavirus affected people.

While Naveen has already contributed three-month salary for the COVID-19 fund, Speaker of State Assembly Surjya Narayan Patra, several MPs and MLAs and different organisations have also contributed to the cause. So far, two persons have been infected with deadly Coronavirus in Odisha.