The new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made an appeal to the public to donate generously to the fight against COVID 19 and several Kollywood celebrities responded by shelling out for the cause.

Superstar Rajinikanth today met M.K. Stalin and handed over the sum of rupees fifty lakhs to the Chief Minister's Fund towards the COVID 19-second wave that is holding the state ransom with its alarming spread and death toll.

Speaking to newspersons at the secretariat Rajini appealed to the Tamil people to strictly adhere to the restrictions imposed by the government citing that its the only way to eradicate the deadly virus.

முதலமைச்சர் பொதுநிவாரண நிதிக்கு நடிகர் ரஜினிகாந்த் ரூ.50 லட்சம் நிதியுதவி வழங்கினார். #TNCMCoronaReliefFound #coronaupdates pic.twitter.com/l2ICK6UYto

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