Today we won’t talk about a Rs 3Cr Merc-Maybach GLS600 that Sonu gifted to his son early this week (any generous father would do), parked aside Audi Q7, Merc Benz ML-C3, Porsche Panamera, specially in parallel, he talks something about ‘giving’.
PART 2 (Money🐝Bee) begins- 1/n
Sood, emerged as ‘real-life’ hero (as per cozy media) with his PR & ‘philanthropy’ work through donations. Keeping analysis limited to top few at various platforms by him/close associates, raised some Rs11+ Cr so far, incl. $$ funding. (Pls spend 2min on pic before scrolling) 2/n
1a: Sood's SCF website re-directs on Milaap for FC donors, where funds are being collected in a USA bank a/c then wire to (assuming) Milaap India to SCF or direct to SCF a/c. Neither Milaap nor SCF is FCRA reg. Also routing funds to other a/c is another FCRA violation. 3/n
2. Sood’s close aid Neeti Goel’s Non-FCRA KCF is collecting FC through GiveIndia FCRA a/c. (p1) Again, routing funds is prohibited. 3. An individual, associated with Sood for most of his funding, collecting FC, where no association of NGO can be seen (p2).
(P3,P4- othr funds) 4/n
Its been also observed that one individual in Canada raised funds for Sood in $$ on one of the platforms, wired it to an Indian a/c, and then to SCF! Therefore, SCF ending up collecting FC like this! Another possible violation. 5/n
An ignorant who argues ‘at least s/he is doing this much’, is very perilous, specially when backed with heavy PR exercises. There are laws for a reason. Specially in our country whr several foreign elements are desperate to fuel anti-India propaganda via local proxies.
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Forget about individuals, between 2015-2019, total 16,669 NGOs have been banned in India due to various FCRA violations.
Despite all FCRA tightening, a total of 3,068 NGOs received FC above INR 58K Cr during 2016-2019, officially. 7/n
The pertinent point is not ‘at-least’ but if The Messiah would follow such path, how transparency can be maintained? What if others follow the suit with help of mushroomed platforms (making money, raising thousands of crores but take zero accountability as per their “T&C”), 8/n
..create fundraise in an hour, route let say $100 foreign funds in India, spend $15 on PR, help needy with $30, pay $5 commission & rest lies in-the-air!
If NGO like Amnesty Int. was so clean, why they had to shut shop when bank a/c freeze under money laundering charges? 9/n
Why Licypriya came under scanner for the Ketto campaign & 'alleged' journalist Rana Ayyub had to get panic by refunding INR 63L foreign funds for one of her campaigns, in the lack of approvals?
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Without abiding FC framework how agencies can audit entire fund used for legit cause & money laundering prevented?
We have raised concerns before as well, high time authority keeps a Hawk-Eye on these platforms & Messiahss!
Propaganda US journalist Raphael Satter OCI is cancelled for several violations.
Habitual offender Hanna Petersen writes Satter denied he ever conducted journalistic activity in India. Which is outright lie.
Wait, there is more to it, much deeper.
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First of all, Satter lied in the court that he is not doing any journalism in India & have visited only for family purposes. Here are two such examples- note that Satter was among first one who broke Pegasus fake story which was never proven till date.
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Second, such story was against Indian startup Appin Association where he is still facing defamation suits. In this story, he violated all journalistic standards by publishing someone else picture (knowingly) instead of targeted one because he wasn't able to get right picture.
FACT CHECK:
@IndianExpress published an article citing a 'fact check' for the fact which was never said!
Entire left cabal jumped on the news, in a very coordinated manner, misleading everyone.
Let's check it one by one.
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To start with, it was clear to everyone that said $21mn funds for India were CANCELLED by DOGE. i.e. it was funnelled but halted before it could released or received by anyone.
So, the headline "did not go to" itself is blatantly wrong by all means.
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This one line doesn't stop here but carries a hidden agenda and fake narrative crafting that "it was a big misunderstanding that USAID funds India to influence elections". Vicious!
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It looks like there is a big tussle going on between Fantasy Gaming and Opinion Trading (OT). There are links to the involvement of USAID, Ford Foundation etc in influencing policy makers against the OT.
Unmissable Thread🧵
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This is a relatively new subject at large so understand the basics first.
Fantasy Gaming 🏏 : apps like Dream11, My11Circle etc. which let users create virtual teams (like IPL). If chosen players do well, you win real money!
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Opinion Trading 📊: This is something new & rising platform like Probo. Here, users predict outcomes of real-world events like elections, matches, stock etc. Right prediction = earn money. Its like a stock market for opinions.
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The newly formed @DOGE cancelled $21M funding for NGO CEPPS for a program 'voter turnout in India'.
CEPPS website is defunct now.
Was it the first attempt at electoral interference in India by USAID? The answer is - NO.
IMPORTANT THREAD🧵
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USAID program "Elections and Political Processes", to "Promote legitimate contestation for ideas and political power through democratic political processes that reflect the will of the people".
Gimmicks! The real agenda is influencing the elections.
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In 2013, USAID pledged half a million dollars for India under the same category.
Funding Agency - Deptt of State
Managing agency - USAID
Implementing Parter - Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS).