“Congress announces crowdfunding campaign after cash haul of Rs 351 crores seized from Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu in I-T raids”, Opindia, December 16, 2023:

“Days after the Income Tax Department recovered crores of rupees in cash from Rajya Sabha MP of Congress party Dhiraj Sahu, Congress party announced that it will soon launch its crowdfunding campaign. In this campaign, the Congress party is asking people to donate money to the party. This campaign is named ‘Donate for Desh’ which means ‘Donate for the country’.

Congress MP KC Venugopal announced this in a press conference on Saturday (16th December). He said, “The Indian National Congress is proud to announce the launch of its online crowdfunding campaign, ‘Donate for Desh’. This initiative is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s historic Tilak Swaraj Fund’ in 1920-21 and aims to empower our party in creating an India rich in equal resource distribution and opportunities.

The campaign will be officially launched by the party President on 18th December in Delhi. We encourage our state-level office bearers, our elected representatives, DCC Presidents, PCC Presidents, and AICC office bearers to contribute at least Rs 1,380 each…..”

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