Rajnath Singh donates a month's salary to Bharat Ke Veer fund

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday launched the live twitter wall for promoting 'Bharat Ke Veer' portal here on the eve of Independence Day 2017.

On this occasion, Singh and Ministers of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Kiren Rijiju contributed their one month salary for Bharat Ke Veer.

Rajnath Singh said that the Security Forces have made supreme sacrifice in the line of duty and the people need to stand by their families to support them.

This social media awareness campaign will display all tweets with hashtag Bharat Ke Veer (#BharatKeVeer), at Connaught Place, CGO complex and Khan Market in New Delhi where huge LED display screens have been installed. Emoji has also been created for this hashtag.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, OSD Rajiv Gauba and Senior Officers of MHA were present on this occasion.

Bharat Ke Veer portal was launched by the Home Minister and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on April 9, 2017.

This portal facilitates online donation directly to the families of CAPF Martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for the country in line of duty from January 1, 2016.