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“PM Relief Fund Diverted To Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Brazen Fraud”: BJP


JP Nadda additionally accused the earlier Congress authorities of financial give up to the Chinese.

New Delhi:

After launching an all-out assault on the Congress to counsel a give up to the Chinese and double requirements on coping with China, the ruling BJP got here out with three follow-up costs immediately in opposition to the opposition occasion.

BJP president JP Nadda, in a tweet this morning, launched paperwork that he stated confirmed that through the Manmohan Singh period, cash from the Prime Minister’s reduction fund was diverted and donated to the Rajiv Gandhi basis. Sonia Gandhi is chief of the inspiration and the board consists of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh.

“PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund), meant to help people in distress, was donating money to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in the UPA years. Who sat on the PMNRF board? Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Who chairs RGF? Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Totally reprehensible, disregarding ethics, processes and not bothering about transparency,” stated Mr Nadda.

The BJP chief additionally doubled down on allegations that the earlier Congress authorities was responsible of economic surrender to the Chinese throughout Manmohan Singh’s rule.

The ruling occasion launched paperwork that it claimed have been proof that the Congress-led UPA was eager to push for a regional commerce settlement and the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) with situations that might be beneficial to the Chinese and would enhance the commerce deficit between India and China.

“The Congress was exploring a regional trade agreement with China in 2007. Now they are anti-China? In 2005 a presentation was made to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on RTA (Regional Trade Agreement). Then Commerce Minister Kamal Nath proposed a Regional Trade Agreement to the high-level body, the Trade and Economic Relations Committee (TERC). The proposal said that it is logical to have an RTA with China,” the doc stated.

The doc alleged that the commerce physique, which was headed by Manmohan Singh, famous in 2012 that: “Staying out of the regional comprehensive economic partnership with China was not a practical option.”

The BJP’s complete allegation is predicated on the Congress’s alleged willingness to go forward with a regional financial partnership with China regardless of studying of the commerce imbalance it’ll create in favour of China.

“Even though it was recognised on file that RCEP may result in Chinese imports and adversely impact domestic industry, despite this the Congress chose to go ahead without any economic rationale,” the doc alleged.

In a 3rd allegation in opposition to the Congress, the BJP dug out the Budget speech in 1991 of Manmohan Singh, who was Finance Minister of the Congress authorities on the time.

“Budget speech document from 1991. Page 16, Para 57. Manmohan Singh gave 100 cr to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, 20 cr a year for five years,” a press release from the BJP stated.

The Congress rubbished the collection of allegations, calling them a “diabolical” try at diverting focus from the China crisis.

“The diabolical game of deception, diversion and disinformation is being played out by the BJP and JP Nadda to divert the attention of the country from the Chinese occupation of Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and now Depsang up to the Y-junction, 18 km inside the LAC,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated.

“This is the greatest disservice that the BJP and PM Narendra Modi are doing to the country. Instead of fighting China and defending our country, they are fighting the Congress party and undermining India’s territorial integrity,” stated the Congress chief.


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