Officials stated the Center has canceled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF), a non-governmental group linked to the Gandhi household, for alleged violation of the legislation.
This motion comes after an inquiry performed by an inter-ministerial committee constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2020.
“Yes, the FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has been canceled after an inquiry against it,” an official stated.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the RGF, whereas different trustees embody former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former finance minister P Chidambaram, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Established in 1991, RGF labored from 1991 to 2009 on many vital points together with well being, science and expertise, ladies and kids, incapacity help and so forth. According to its web site, it additionally labored within the training sector.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
