'I have contributed, don't believe in making a PR Tamasha': Sona Mohapatra on her donation for COVID-19 relief

Singer Sona Mohapatra is known for never mincing her words when it comes to giving her opinions on politics or the world. On Sunday, the singer, replying to a Twitter user, mentioned how she had already contributed to three different funds tackling the Covid-19 crisis but didn’t believe in making it into a PR stunt.

Taking to Twitter, she wrote, "I have contributed to three funds already & do not believe in making a PR Tamasha out of it. So Abhijit, please contribute whatever you can afford & all you others on this #Woke Sabha please do too..most of the indignant/angry with Modi are self-licensed not to in any case."

 March 29, 2020

She was replying to a person on Twitter who had written, "Madam, kuch raashi corona se bharat ki jung ke liye bhi dijiye, bharat ka madhyam aur alpvarg aapka abhaari rahenge (please contribute some funds for India’s fight against corona, India’s middle classes and poor will be indebted to you)."

With her undisclosed donation, Sona joined many other celebrities who have come forward and contributed to the government’s initiative to provide relief during coronavirus pandemic.

While Akshay Kumar leads the list with an individual contribution of Rs 25 crore, actors Varun Dhawan (Rs 30 lakh as a donation to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 25 lakh to Maharashtra CM’s relief fund), Randeep Hooda, T Series head Bhushan Kumar (Rs 11 crores towards PM CARES and Rs 1 crore towards Maharashtra CM’s relief fund), actor Maniesh Paul (Rs 20 lakhs for PM-CARES Fund), among others, announced the sum they have pledged to donate.