Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday lashed out at the “negative” campaigning in social media about the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) and said those who spread hate about the state are committing the most “heinous crime”.
A campaign has been doing the rounds in social media, where videos and messages ask people not to donate to CMDRF, alleging that the funds will not be used for relief purposes.
“The CMDRF is an official platform. The funds coming to CMDRF can only be used for relief purposes. The fund is used for helping the poorest among the poor.
Apart from donations, a portion of the state budget is also allocated for the CMDRF.
All the allegations that the Fund was being used for any other purpose is wrong,” Vijayan told reporters here.
He urged the people to isolate those who spread false news at a time when the state was facing a calamity.