BJP launches special micro-donation campaign, PM Modi donates ₹1,000
The Hindu
The campaign will continue till February 11, the death anniversary of the party’s ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
The BJP launched a “special micro-donation campaign” on the on December 25, seeking to raise funds through small contributions from its members and others. Several BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made donations and urged others to contribute.
“I have donated Rs 1,000 towards the party fund of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Our ideal of always putting Nation First and the culture of lifelong selfless service by our cadre will be further strengthened by your micro-donation. Help make BJP strong. Help make India strong,” Modi tweeted. BJP president J. P. Nadda said, “Our Karyakartas will connect with millions of people through this micro-donation campaign. ‘Donation’ module in the NaMo App will be the medium through which we will collect these donations. I seek the blessings of people to strengthen the world’s largest nationalist movement.” The campaign will continue till February 11, the death anniversary of the party’s ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
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