SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today impressed upon the people to wholeheartedly help the Red Cross Society and contribute towards a noble cause.
He said whenever there are nature or human-caused challenges confronting the society, all look towards Red Cross and find this Society always helping the humanity.
He called for extending support and monitory help to the Red Cross Society.
Addressing a function at the Lucky Draw event organised by the J&K Red Cross Society here, the Chief Minister said by purchasing a five rupee ticket of Red Cross, ‘we contribute in a big way to help the poor, needy, orphan, destitute and sufferers of various calamities and accidents’.
“We all afford to buy Red Cross tickets and help the Society to carry forward its activities.
As such, we should not hesitate in doing so, he said and added that the ultimate goal of buying Red Cross ticket should not be to get prizes, but to help the poor.
The Chief Minister referred to his childhood days when he used to visit Red Cross Melas with his grandmother Begum Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah who was the Founder President of the J&K Red Cross Society.
He said such Melas were organised to collect money for Red Cross Society for its noble activities aimed at helping the humanity.
The Chief Minister in a Lucky Draw picked up first three tickets for first three winners who received Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000, respectively.
On the occasion, two persons Shabir Hussain Khan and Abdul Majid Gamgeen were introduced to the audience who have donated 134 and 105 points of blood to the needy patients so far in their life and are continuing to do so.
