Published 18:07 IST, March 25th 2020

Sunny Deol donates Rs 50 lakh from his MP fund to combat COVID-19 in his constituency

Actor turned politician and BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol on Wednesday announced that he was donating Rs 50 lakhs from his MP fund to combat COVID-19.

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Actor turned politician and BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol on Wednesday anunced that he was donating Rs 50 lakhs from his MP fund for combating dely COVID-19 in his constituency. As per latest figures of Union Health Ministry, Punjab has reported over 29 positive cases of virus including one death. 

"In order to safeguard ourselves from an epidemic like Corona and so that health department in Gurdaspur, my Lok Sabha does t face any problem, I release a fund of ₹ 50,00,000 from my MP land so that my Gurdaspur does t face any problem in dealing with this epidemic," tweeted Sunny Deol.

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18:07 IST, March 25th 2020