APCC President Ripun Bora and his wife Monika Bora onSunday pledged a donation of Rs 1 lakh 40 thousand to the Chief Minister'sRelief Fund in Assam's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Sharing the news on Twitter, the Congress leader said "Just now I handed over a cheque of Rs.1.00 lakh being my one month salary and Rs. 40,000/- being one month pension of my wife Smti Monika Bora, Ex-MLA to the #Assam CM's #ReliefFund to fight against #CoronaVirus through the Resident Commissioner Assam Government at New Delhi."

Bora also donated a total of Rs 1 Crore from his MPLAD Fund (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) for the purpose of ventilator, medical Equipment or infrastructure for temporary hospital to combat with the deadly disease.

Asked Deputy Commissioner, #Sonitpur Nodal DC for my #MPLADFund, to release Rupees One Crore to #Assam Government for the purpose of Ventilator, Medical Equipment or Infrastructure for temporary hospital to combat with #CoronaVirus, Bora tweeted.