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Prime Minister's National Relief Fund meant only for relief work during calamities shows up in the donors' list of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

#PMNRF does not allocat or donate money for research work to a think tank, foundation or NGO - so were the Gandhis diverting funds?

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In fact not only the PMNRF, several other government departments, ministries and PSUs including the Ministry of Home Affairs was on the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation donors' list!

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Did you know?

In its first year, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was sanctioned Rs. 100 crore of taxpayers' money by Manmohan Singh in the 1991-92 Budget Speech!

The transfer was cancelled followed by a huge uproar by opposition leaders.

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The Jawahar Bhawan Trust met in July, 1991 and passed a resolution inviting the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to work out of Jawahar Bhawan. It is alleged that this too was done under the power & influence of Sonia Gandhi, who was one of the trustees of the Jawahar Bhawan Trust.

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Despite receiving routine grants from government bodies, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation refused to givea CAG audit!

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation also disallowed SC/ST reservations.

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Did you know?

Wajahat Habibullah, the first Chief Information Commissioner of India, under whom the RTI Act comes, was also the secretary of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and had ruled that it did not come under the purview of the Right To Information Act!

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Bibek Debroy, Director of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was sacked for a paper An Economic Freedom Rating of States in India in 2004, ranking Gujarat as No.1

During 2005 Gujarat municipal elections, Sonia Gandhi said publications by RGICS had to be politically vetted by her now

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Rajiv Gandhi Foundation-Congress-China Link

2005-06: China donor to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
2007-08: Chinese delegation meets; 'India-China studies' funded
Aug, 2008: Congress signs MoU with China
2010-11: Study begins; India-China trade-deficit grow

Did you know?

Under the Chairperson-ship of Sonia Gandhi, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation also received Rs. 50 Lakhs as donations from terror funding & money laundering accused Zakir Naik's 'Islamic Research Foundation' in 2011. He is currently under the NIA scanner!

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When Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received Chinese Funds, Sonia Gandhi was holding crucial positions. Were Chinese funds received in this capacity? Conflict of interest?

Highest leadership in country was receiving funds from China & was also siphoning off money from govt funds?

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Not only Sonia Gandhi, but Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi are also on the Board of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

#RahulGandhi has been a Member of Parliament, a representative of people of India, since 2004.

He is also a Board Member of a foundation which received Chinese funds!

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Since 2019, #RahulGandhi has been a member of the Consultative Committee of MEA & has been privy to briefings. He has actively raised questions on China

This is in contradiction to rules of Ethics Committee of Parliament, since he is on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation's Board too

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Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received donations from PMNRF. PMNRF had always had the Congress President as its permanent Member!

Doesn't seem like a co-incidence!

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Aap chronology samajhiye:

- Chinese fund Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
- Congress allows Chinese intrusions
- Gandhi family attend paid trip to Beijing Olympics
- Rahul meets Chinese secretly during Doklam standoff & Kailash trip
- Congress opposes Modi govt in All-Party Meeting

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