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Sources in the government said that there was an immediate concern and focus that an attempt was made to affect or intervene in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
For now, the government has started sending questionnaires to some individuals in the list of USAID recipients. (Representative Photo/Reuters)
Narendra Modi government Clearly trade means that sources said that the first step has been taken towards taking action against those found guilty of investigating and potentially “to compromise or intervene in their internal processes”. .
Opposition and government are engaged in the war of words “USAID” and “and”George soros“Issues. Sources first told the CNN-NEWS18 that the United States and India have exchanged a huge list, including the names of non-governmental organizations, influential people, journalists, scholars and think tanks. Description of transactions.
Sources said that the list, which is available for both American and Indian administrators, would be the basis of investigation, which will only get full speed when all transactions are examined. For now, the government has started sending some persons to the questionnaire U said Recipient.
Details of foreign travel are also being sought. According to sources, some “unnatural” transactions have also been observed. All this is to be investigated on a large scale.
Immediately anxiety and attention is whether an attempt was made to affect or intervene in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The US government’s efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk has canceled the $ 21 million US taxpayer-funded grant under the administration of former President Joe Biden, which means “Voter Turnout in India”. The $ 21 million was part of a budget of $ 486 million allocated to “election and political process”.
Sources said that the Narendra Modi government has taken serious care of “India’s electoral process open for external aid and powers”, even though it is the Domain of the Election Commission to ensure only independent and fair elections.
However, it has not left the opposition. In fact, Pawan Khera, president of the Congress’s Media and Publicity Department, was the first to post on the social media site X, asking why the opposition would take money to defeat himself in 2024. Build the notion that democracy and constitution were in tableaux, believing that this would help them politically. I did not.
In 2024, at a rally in Chikkabalpur, Karnataka, the Prime Minister said, “There are many powers in the world and in India to meet Modi together to defeat Modi.”
Government sources said that the report and the list run in several pages and the Center does not want to do anything. Both Modi and Trump administration have taken these incidents seriously and want to see them through implicating them.
Congress Rajya Sabha member Jeram Ramesh said, “USAID is very high in the news these days. It was established on 3 November 1961. The claims made by the US President are usually meaningless, at least to say. Nevertheless, the Government of India should bring out a white paper as soon as possible in support of USAID for both government and non-government institutions in India for decades. ,
