People Are Calling Out Dhoni For Donating Just Rs 1 Lakh To Fight Coronavirus, Sakshi Responds

As India sleeves up to fight against the menace that coronavirus has turned out to be, people from all corners of the country, and the government itself, are doing everything they can to help the country in the harsh times.

A few instances to recall world be Hima Das donating her one month salary to the Assam government. Sachin Tendulkar donating Rs 25 lakhs to each PM and CM’s relief funds. Nirmala Sitharaman annoucing an economic relief package worth Rs 1.7 lakh crore to help the poor tide over financial distress and many more.

Amid this, as per a report by PTI, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is also one of the world’s richest cricketers, made a contribution of Rs. 1 Lakh to the relief fund to fight the pandemic. The donation was made through a Pune based NGO PTI added.

And while even a donation of the tiniest of amount is laudable, Dhoni, with a net worth somewhere around $170 million, donating just Rs 1 lakh didn’t sit well with the netizens.

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They came out to troll Dhoni with eveything they could. One of the users also shared a tweet of a 12th class student who had donated Rs 2.5 lakh to the PM’s coronavirus relief fund.

https://twitter.com/Vishj05/status/1243228698787999746

https://twitter.com/Nehr_who/status/1243447623601631239

https://twitter.com/FightForAzadi/status/1243355371768406016

https://twitter.com/Iouderthanswift/status/1243470261560590336

Dhoni Donates to Help 100 Poor Families During COVID-19 Lockdown.

Net worth – 800 crore??
Donation – 1 lakh

This is meant to support 100 families for 14 days. ?

100 x 14 x 3 meals = 4200 meals. 1,00,000 / 4200 = 23 bucks per meal. ??

Well done MSD. ??

— Knotty Commander (@KnottyCommander) March 27, 2020

SCA donates 21 lakhs ! but Ms dhoni Only donated 1 lakh ? https://t.co/RMyM60nuFW

— G. (@_Gowhar__) March 27, 2020

PM @narendramodi Sir,

I am Y. Sanskriti, a class XII student from @LancersSchool

You’re doing an exemplary work by leading from the front in the hour of crisis

I would like to donate Rs.2.5 lacs fm my savings to #PMRF to support the fight against Corona Pandemic@satyakumar_y pic.twitter.com/GogcH64wAC

— sanskriti (@sanreadsbooks) March 26, 2020

However, some also came out in support of Dhoni and claimed that the donation was only made to an NGO and not to the PM’s relief fund.

Dhoni donated that Rs 1 lakh to an NGO.
Because target was to
collect 12 lakh.

He didn't donate to PM/CM relief fund.

— Animesh ?? (@HutPaneer19) March 27, 2020

People who have given nothing, and have also not played for the country, are shaming Dhoni for giving 1 lakh.

— manikmahna (@manikmahna) March 27, 2020

#MSDhoni Donates To Help Sustain 100 Poor Families In Pune During Coronavirus Lockdown

MS Dhoni has donated Rs 1 Lakh on crowdfunding website Ketto to the Mukul Madhav Foundation. Dhoni’s donation will support 100 families for 14 days during this lockdown. #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/IlwXZb6bO1

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) March 26, 2020

Sakshi Reacts

As such news floating on the web made it to Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Singh Dhoni’s senses, she came out with a cryptic tweet to hit at everyone mocking Dhoni. She further advised people in the tweet to stay away from fake news.

I request all media houses to stop carrying out false news at sensitive times like these ! Shame on You ! I wonder where responsible journalism has disappeared !

— Sakshi Singh ??❤️ (@SaakshiSRawat) March 27, 2020

Meanwhile, sports personalities from across the world have donated money to fight the global pandemic. PV Sindhu on Thursday donated a sum of Rs 10 lakh, former Indian skipper and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly donated free rice worth Rs 50 lakh.

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Roger Federer has also donated approx 7.7 crores to fight the pandemic.

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