Hindustan Times via Getty Images BJP leader Kapil Mishra takes part in a march to pay tribute to IB officer Ankit Sharma and Delhi Police constable Rattan Lal on February 27, 2020 in New Delhi.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra, who has been blamed for triggering the riots in Delhi, has collected over Rs 71 lakh through crowdfunding to help “Hindu families who are the victims of Delhi riots”. The violence in Delhi began on 23 February after Mishra led a rally in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Maujpur area near Jaffrabad and gave an ultimatum to the Delhi Police to remove the anti-CAA protesters. He made the speech in the presence of Ved Prakash Surya, the DCP (Northeast) of Seelampur. Since then, at least 46 people have died and over 200 have been injured in the riots that have engulfed the city. On Sunday, Mishra tweeted an appeal to his followers to help victims of the riots, linking to a crowdfunding website called crowdkash.com. A look at his fundraising page shows that the BJP leader has managed to raise Rs 71,00,496 till now, crossing his goal of Rs 71 lakh. The goal of the campaign, as stated on the website, “is to identify families who are massively impacted due to the riots and help them with monetary assistance.” Not all the affected families, though. It continues, “We believe that this would act as a short term relief for these underprivileged Hindu families who have been impacted by the riots.”

The highest amount that Mishra’s campaign has received is Rs 1,11,111, followed by Rs 1,01,000. The names of all the 3,969 “backers” have been published on the website, and include four people who have donated Rs 1 lakh or more. Apart from these, close to 200 people have donated Rs 10,000 or more to the campaign. Since the campaign has crossed its goal, it’s no longer accepting donations. The ‘about us’ page on crowdkash.com says that it is an “exclusive crowdfunding platform for the communities”. The category of its campaigns include “annadhanam—food for needy”, “armed forces”, “education”, “gaushala” and “vedic school”. On its website, crowdkash says an admin reviews and approves campaigns once they have been started. HuffPost India has sent questions to crowdkash and will update this story once they respond. Mishra’s campaign, the website states, is managed “by a group of Dharmics” under the leadership of the “ex-MLA” Mishra (who used to be in AAP earlier). A link to the same has been tweeted by BJP’s Tajinder Bagga, who, like Mishra, fought and lost the Delhi assembly elections on a BJP ticket, and former Infosys director Mohandas Pai.

Our Hindu NRIs are always there to support. Let us support them, @MODIfiedVikas and @KapilMishra_IND in raising funds for the Hindu Victims in Delhi



Please #donate generously and #share. Money will go to impacted families bank a/c directly https://t.co/Zlmd3byqmt — Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) February 29, 2020

This fundraiser to help the underprivileged Hindu families have been impacted massively by the Delhi riots.



via @CrowdKash



https://t.co/3A3fr1RIpV — Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) February 27, 2020