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 for combating the deadly COVID-19 in his constituency. As per the latest figures of the Union Health Ministry, Punjab has reported over 29 positive cases of the virus including one death. 

"In order to safeguard ourselves from an epidemic like Corona and so that the health department in Gurdaspur, my Lok Sabha does not face any problem, I release a fund of ₹ 50,00,000 from my MP land so that my Gurdaspur does not face any problem in dealing with this epidemic," tweeted Sunny Deol.

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