FCRA licence of 2 NGOs headed by Sonia cancelled

New Delhi: The Centre cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licences of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, for declared offense of laws. This followed a probe group, established in 2020 with officers from the ministries of house and financing, CBI, and ED, discovering supposed control of files while submitting income-tax returns, abuse of funds and cash laundering while getting funds from foreign nations, consisting of China, an authorities stated. The trustees of the RGF are previous prime minister Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Rahul Ga-ndhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, previous preparation commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, previous reporter Suman Dubey and Dr Ashok Ganguly, market specialist and previous MP. The trustees of the RGCT are Rahul Gandhi, Dr Ganguly, Bansi Mehta, previous head of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. and Deep Joshi who works to bring social modification at the grassroot level.
The Congress stated the relocation was focused on libeling the celebration and diverting attention from problems dealing with the nation. BJP representative Sambit Patra stated the house ministry’s action had actually exposed corruption. RGF dealt with health, ladies and kids and impairment assistance. The RGCT attended to the requirements of the rural bad. …
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