Amitabh Bachchan says ‘adopted 2 kids’ after facing backlash for not contributing to COVID relief funds

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday (May 10) took to his blog to react to the online hate and abusive comments he has been receiving on social media off late. The veteran actor reacted to trolls accusing him for not contributing towards COVID-19 relief funds. The second wave of COVID-19 has adversely affected the country. As the country continues to fight, several Bollywood celebrities are doing their best by helping and contributing towards the relief funds. Big B finally broke his silence and spoke about his donations and shared that he believes in doing charity rather than speaking about it.

The Badla actor wrote in his blog, “Yes I do charity, but have ever believed it to be done, than spoken of… it is embarrassing, in too great a self-consciousness… of one that has ever felt shy of public presence despite the profession – one that has to find its usp in public domains is relevant today for me.” Bachchan went on to share that the contributions that his family has made in the past few years have always been kept under the wraps, with no social media show-off. He said that “only the receiver knew and that was the end ..”

 

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He then went on to share a long list of the donations he and his family made during the past few years. Talking about the donations he made after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country, Big B wrote, “Those that suffered during the CoviD last year .. providing food for over 400,000 daily wage earners in the country for a month… feeding almost 5000 in the city each day lunch and dinner. Provided masks, PPE units to front line warriors, Police Hospitals in the thousands .. through personal funds .. donating to the Sikh Committee that was helping the migrants to travel back home in the Inter-State busses, where the drivers were mostly Sikhs…When the migrants were walking back home, some without the benefit or affordability of shoes .. provided hundreds of chappals and shoes to them .. due to lack of travel facility, booked 30 buses to locations in UP and Bihar and supplied them food and water for the overnight travel… Booked an entire train from Mumbai to UP to carry 2800 migrant passengers free of cost at my expense .. and when the destination State blocked the train from coming into their State and cancelled the train .. immediately chartered 3 Indigo Airline planes and flew almost 180 migrants in each flight to UP and Bihar and some to Rajasthan and J&K ..”

On Sunday, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the president of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara committee also mentioned that the veteran actor donated Rs 2 crore for oxygen cylinders and more. He also said that Big B has been in constant touch with him about the progress of everything.

Big B will also be taking care of children who have lost their parents to Covid-19. He wrote, “The orphanage that is going to look after the 2 children that I have commissioned to be taken care of is on. The local Govt., has a formal procedure for the adoption process and they have identified the 2 children who have lost their parents to the virus. They will be giving us the names by tomorrow for the Hyderabad orphanage and shall be given free education from the 1st to the 10th class, along with free boarding and lodging. If either of them turn out to excel they shall be considered for higher studies under the same conditions.”

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