Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's NGO, Meer Foundation, has provided 2000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to Chhattisgarh for its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Chhattisgarh Cabinet Minister T S Singh Deo tweeted to laud the actor's kind gesture to help the frontline warriors. He wrote, "I express my heartfelt gratitude to @iamsrk& @MeerFoundation for providing PPE kits to protect our frontline warriors. Thanks, @rajshriartistfor connecting us and making this possible. Your generosity has inspired many more to protect our healthcare heroes."Always ready to help, the megastar took to Twitter in response and said, "Sir, We all are trying in whatever capacity we can to help our brothers and sisters to overcome these hard times. Wishing you the best with these endeavours too."
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also took to the microblogging site and thanked the Bollywood actor for his kind and humanitarian gesture. Earlier, the King of Bollywood, contributed to the PM CARES fund and had extended financial contributions to states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Delhi. Earlier, the superstar has also provided 25000 PPE kits to the Maharashtra government in April. The public health and family welfare minister, Rajesh Tope tweeted about the same and expressed his gratitude to the actor. SRK has recently completed 28 successful years in the film industry. He started his career with Deewana in 1992 and after that, there was no looking back for him. He has given many blockbusters to the industry. He not only has fans in India but across the globe. He was last seen in Zero in 2018 with Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. Now, the actor has many projects in the pipeline including Siddharth Anand's Pathan and Rajkumar Hirani's social comedy.