No gifts please; donate to PM National Relief Fund: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: Don't send me gifts during the festival season, donate to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

This is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's simple message to scores of people who send him gifts and greetings during the festival season every year.

In a statement here, the Prime Minister thanked all those who have been sending him greetings and good wishes this festival season.

He appealed to his well wishers to make donations to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund instead of sending gifts for him, a PMO statement said.