State Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj has handed over a cheque of Rs 40 lakh for ‘ajjevan bhavishya nidhi’ (lifetime future funds) to the state BJP president Ajay Bhatt at the state BJP headquarters in Dehradun on Saturday. Former State Minister Amrita Rawat has also handed over a cheque of Rs one lakh for lifetime future funds to the state BJP chief Bhatt.
Minister Maharaj met state BJP presided at party office and handed over aforesaid cheque to him. According to Maharaj, he had secured this fund after motivating the party workers. Along with cheque, he had submitted names of party workers, their PAN numbers and other details who had donated money for lifetime future funds. Earlier, Maharaj had submitted a cheque of Rs five lakh for lifetime future funds, to the party office bearers. State BJP chief Bhatt congratulated Maharaj and said that he has shown an example of committed party worker. He said that no target has been given to minister, MlA and any party workers for collecting lifetime future funds. Party workers are self-motivated and giving money for lifetime future funds. Maharaj is one of the examples. Despite giving above money, Maharaj has assured that he would continue to work for collecting money for lifetime future funds, he added. Maharaj said that we should work for lifetime future funds and party high command has decided to bring transparency in political funding.