'1 Mahine Ki Tankhwa Chali Gayi': Kharge After Contributing To Congress' 'Donate For Desh' Campaign

Kharge donated an amount of Rs 1,38,000 to launch the campaign in the presence of party leaders and general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh.

File photo of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched the party's crowdfunding campaign called 'Donate for Desh' in the national capital to collect online donations.

As part of the donation, Kharge donated an amount of Rs 1,38,000 to initiate the campaign in the presence of party leaders and general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh and treasurer Ajay Maken.

However, during the donation, there was a light-hearted moment when Kharge jokingly remarked that he donated an amount equivalent to his "one month's salary." "One month's salary is gone," he said.

The remark led to laughter from the audience. The video capturing the moment went viral on social media.

#WATCH | Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge launches 'Donate for Desh' crowdfunding campaign for the party, ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls pic.twitter.com/rlhBrQmsZJ

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'Donate for Desh' Campaign

After the launch of the campaign, Kharge told reporters, "It is a very happy day that our party leaders have prepared an App. I feel this is the first time that the Congress is seeking the help of common people to build the country," reported PTI.

As part of the campaign, the party will receive money from small donors, he said and added, "If you keep working by depending on the rich, then tomorrow we would have to agree to their programmes and policies".

Kharge said the Congress is already working for the interests of the poor, Scheduled Castes, backwards and they have been helping us in the past too, PTI reported.

"Through 'Donate for Desh', we will work to take the country forward by taking help from general public. The Congress always got help from general public. Mahatma Gandhi also got Independence for the country with the help of people of the country," he said.

People will in one or two days voluntarily come forward and donate, he said, as per PTI.

"We will collect donation from common people and join them in this fight.We can assure people that there is only one party which is fighting for the poor," he said.