Patiala MP Dr Dharamvir Gandhi has resorted to online crowdfunding to finance his campaign for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Dr Gandhi, who won the Patiala seat in 2014 on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket, is contesting the 2019 polls from his newly-floated Punjab Manch, which is now part of the People Democratic Alliance.
The crowdfunding campaign of Dr Gandhi is being run on an online platform, Our Democracy, and a target of Rs 7 lakh has been set. Dr Gandhi said he had come to know that certain candidates had taken this initiative for clean funding. “I have no option, but to get money from people. I will ask for money door-to-door if need be. I do not have the resources that are at the disposal of Preneet Kaur, wife of the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who is expected to stand for election from Patiala on a Congress ticket,” he said.