BJP MP Varun Gandhi has donated Rs 2 lakh to the Kerala Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund and urged parliamentarians and MLAs across the country to make financial assistance to the state, reeling under the worst floods in a century.
Varun Gandhi appealed to all lawmakers to rise above party lines and help the flood-ravaged state.
"With over 300 people dead and more than 3.14 lakh displaced, the devastating #KeralaFloods are truly a national calamity," he said in a tweet.
"I appeal to all MPs and MLAs across the country to rise above party lines and contribute to the CM's Relief Fund. I am doing so in my own small way," the BJP MP wrote, along with a photo of the cheque he issued to Kerala CM's relief fund.
In the last nine years, Varun Gandhi has never taken his Member of Parliament salary and instead donated it every month to NGOs or others.
The monthly salary of an MP is about Rs 1.3 lakh.
According to state disaster management authority, 194 people have lost their lives and 36 are missing in Kerala since August 8 due to rains and landslides, while over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.
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