Kirron Kher Allocates Rs 1 Crore Towards Purchase Of Ventilators For PGI Chandigarh

Actor and BJP MP Kirron Kher has decided to allocate one crore rupees towards the immediate purchase of ventilators for COVID-19 patients.

She will now be diverting the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme  (MPLADS) funds for the sake of the above purchase for the Postgraduate Institute Medical Education and Research (PGIMR), Chandigarh. BJP MP Kirron Kher even tweeted a letter addressed to Chandigarh's Deputy Commissioner, Shri Mandeep Singh for the above task. "With hope and prayers in my heart, I am donating Rs. 1 crore from MPLADS to the PGI Chandigarh towards the immediate purchase of ventilators for COVID-19 patients," she tweeted via her official Twitter handle.

With hope and prayers in my heart, I am donating Rs. 1 crore from MPLADS to the PGI Chandigarh towards the immediate purchase of ventilators for COVID-19 patients. I stand solidly with #MyCity #MyChandigarh #MyPeople @MoHFW_INDIA @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/HXVk0Y8zDH

— Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) April 27, 2021

BJP MP Kirron Kher is told to recognise the difference between 'allocation' and 'donation'

While some praised her for her efforts, many netizens said that she didn't know the difference between 'allocation' and 'donation.'

Sharma ji, do you know the difference between donation and allocation?

— Jagmeet Sidhu (@jagmeet8511) April 27, 2021

MPLADS is not your private kitty 4m which ur donating. It's the public money which ur releasing for public welfare.
Wishing u early recovery.

— Kanwaljit (@Kanwalj45264100) April 27, 2021

BJP MP Kirron Kher then issued an apology in a follow-up tweet, and thanked people for pointing out her mistake. "Some people mentioned that I should have written allocated (they are right). It is an allocation of the funds from MPLADS. Thank you for pointing it out, " she tweeted.

Some people mentioned that i should have written allocated (they are right). It is an allocation of the funds from MPLADS. Thank you for pointing it out. https://t.co/tEAPkcVo7V

— Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) April 27, 2021

Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Kirron Kher was suffering from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. It was Chandigarh BJP President Arun Sood who made the revelation in front of the press. He had said that Kher had suffered a “broken left arm”, and had to be admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh last year. She was then diagnosed with the disease at PGIMR, and also had to undergo treatment in Mumbai. She is now recovering from cancer but has to pay regular visits to the hospital for her treatment.

Kirron Kher's husband Anupam Kher later confirmed the news about her condition.