CONGRESS PRESIDENT ADDRESS ON TUESDAY LACKED APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTION FOR CORONA-RELIEF
Bureau,Odishabarta
DELHI:Interim Congress President gave TV statement for her party-persons on 14.04.2020 prior to address by Prime Minister to the nation on the same day. But there was no appeal by Sonia Gandhi to her party-persons to show generosity for contributing for corona-relief. If she did not favour contributing to PM CARES fund, she could make an appeal to contribute to Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) where she is a member in her capacity of being Congress President.
It is significant that first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had constituted this fund after independence making Congress President its permanent member with no role for opposition leader in PMNRF.
Even if she did not favour contribution to PMNRF, she could establish a party-trust by requesting Prime Minister for urgently seeking Income Tax certificate for exempting contributions made to any such fund. At least she could make appeal to contributions to Chief Minister Relief Funds of states where her party or other position parties are in power.
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