New Delhi: The central government has taken major action against an NGO associated with the Gandhi family on Sunday. According to sources, the MHA has cancelled the license of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF). Let us tell you that the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken this action under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. At the same time, it is reported that the organization is accused of an alleged violation of foreign funding law. Let us tell you that home ministry sources say that in July 2020, the MHA formed an inquiry committee within the ministry, this decision has been taken on the basis of its report.

At the same time, sources say that the notice to cancel the license has been sent to the office bearer of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the president of the RGF, while the other trustees include former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. According to the RGF website, the organization was established in 1991.

The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) was established in 1991 to fulfil the vision of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The foundation's official website RGIndia. From 1991 to 2009, the foundation has worked on a range of issues including health, literacy, health, science and technology, women and child development, assistance to persons with disabilities, Panchayati raj institutions, natural resource management, and libraries. Let us also tell you that in June 2020, the BJP accused the foundation of foreign funding. The then Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad had claimed that China had funded the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

At the same time, there is a law under which no party can take money from abroad without the permission of the government. Congress should clarify whether approval was taken from the government for this donation. In fact, he had claimed that there is a list of donors for the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation for 2005-06. In this, the Embassy of China donated - it is clearly written. Why did this happen? What was the need? It also names many industrialists and PSUs. Was it not enough that a bribe had to be taken from the Chinese Embassy too? He claimed that the foundation was funded by Rs 90 lakh from China.

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