Thread by @thehawkeyex

FORD is NOT exiting INDIA. Neither it came here just 25 years back with their cars, nor it is going to quit anytime soon.

CIA linked Ford Foundation estb in India in 1952 upon Nehru's invitation, has sent millions$$ since then, until Modi regime holds the rein.

Read on..

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As per FF website, it has sent approx $508mn in India (P1,2), having office at 55, Lodhi Estate, Delhi (P3) which apparently is the same address that of UN Information Center in India (P4), enjoying sort of immunity under a "signed memorandum" with GoI in 1952, until 2014!
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Life turns here. As soon as PM Modi assumed office, MHA cracked down on all foreign-funded NGOs & subsequently more than 16K NGO were banned for FCRA violation between 2015-19.
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FF was no exception and came under heavy scrutiny & had almost "packed". Apr'15 news started surfacing about scrutiny over FF, citing case when FF lent $200K to Sabrang NGO run by Teesta Satelvad in 2008 for fueling communalism & nat'al security concerns.
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Here, FF started an Int'nal lobbying, followed by series of meetings with MHA/MEA/FM. Note that in 2008, FF roped in Infy founder NRN Murthy also to executive board, who participated in one such high profile meeting in May'15 with Derren Walker (FF Prez), John Podesta
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(adviser to Hillary Clinton) & Kavita Ramdas (Ford India head, asso. with OSF too) with Nripendra Mishra (PS to PM) & Arun Jaitley.

Wikileaks cables revealed e-mails exchange where Walker raised SOS, & Podesta promised to support including talking to Jaishankar too.

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Things finally settled (or negotiated) (P1). MHA put FF in 'prior permission' ("watchlist") in 2015 (P2), which was later removed a year after FF reg under FEMA (P3). All-in-all FF closely escaped full ban. Later MHA allowed use of frozen funds also for staff's salary.

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In any case, it irked officials who cited that any such arrangement (memorandum) is fine then, but why FF didn't bother to comply when FERA (later FEMA) laws were enacted. (P1)

FF, obviously, defended to follow a memo which was challenged all those years of INC regime.

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Worth noting that, as it seems, CIA literally had smooth infiltration through FF by providing junkets/scholarships to govt officials w/out any clearance. There are some shocking revelations by independent research. Spend a min time going through this picture.

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Meanwhile, a side note, besides being served FF, NRN Murthy has chaired another NGO Public Health Foundation of INDIA, which was suspended in 2017 for irregularities & "lobbying", later settled with "prior permission" (watchlist) of MHA in 2018. (P3)
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Be it Kashmir, NE, anti-CAA, Farmer Protest, DGH, L-media or name any propaganda that destabilizes a nation, fundamentally needs lots of money.

And who would fund it?

The one who runs these sinister agendas sitting across miles.
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NGOs have been safe conduits to fund these hit-jobs in name of 'grants', despite having relevant laws, but not the will.

Since 2014 they are facing unprecedented scrutiny. Heavyweights like Amnesty Int'nal & Greenpeace had to shut shop bcz unable to keep the books clean.
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Ford may have been granted safe passage by Nehru, but it's not the end. They will keep producing 'dismantle or spyware' projects. If not NGOs, it'll be new source- Crowdfundings. Yes, it harms the genuine one also, but India can't afford to overlook it anymore!
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Correction - tweet #8
Read it 'unchallenged' :)

Since the context is set for a NGO & deep nexus, appending another (disturbing) thread about IPF👇.

https://twitter.com/thehawkeyex/status/1431972539622854657?s=19