Parliament Winter Session: In the Parliament, the Central Government told that two NGOs associated with the Gandhi family have canceled the license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA- Foreign Contribution Regulation Act).
The central government alleged that the NGO associated with the Gandhi family had violated the FCRA law. Both these trusts, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, have used the funds for personal gains. This answer has been given by the Central Government in the winter session of the Parliament.
What did the central government say?
On the question of Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Ami Yagnik and Digvijay Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand told that the license of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust has been canceled under section 14 of FCRA. He told that between 2017 and 2021, licenses of 6 thousand 677 NGOs were cancelled. Explain that the provisions cited by Rai include informing the FCRA division of the Union Home Ministry about the source of foreign funds.
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What did Congress say?
Regarding the cancellation of the license of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, the Congress said that all this is being done to divert attention from the real issues. The central government will take such a step in the future as well. At the same time, BJP said on these allegations that no one is above the law.
Let us inform that the trustees of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Trust are former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and MP Rahul Gandhi. The trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, formed in the year 2002, is former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. In such a situation, the confrontation between Congress and BJP in the Parliament may increase in the coming days.
