COVID-19: Deve Gowda donates Rs 1 lakh each to PM CARES Fund, K'taka and Ker CM relief fund

Bengaluru, Apr 11 () Former Prime Minister H D DeveGowda has contributed Rs 1 lakh each to PM CARES Fund, theKarnataka and Kerala Chief Minister's relief funds from hispension, towards fighting COVID-19, his office said onSaturday.

"Out of the pension he receives, former Prime Minster@H_D_Devegowda has contributed Rs 1,00,000/- each to PM CaresFund, Govt. of Karnataka Chief Minister's Relief Fund, andKerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. - Office ofHDD," a tweet from Gowda's official twitter handle read.

On April 5, Gowda had said he has assured PrimeMinister Narendra Modi of his support in the nation's battleagainst COVID-19 pandemic when the latter called him todiscuss the situation.

The JD(S) patriarch on Friday in a letter to KarnatakaChief Minister B S Yediyurappa however, had claimed thelockdown decision was taken in "haste" without forethoughtbecause of which farmers and the working class were"suffering" and suggested measures to mitigate the impact.KSU