New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday informed that it has set up an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate investigations into alleged violation of laws like money laundering and foreign contributions by three Nehru-Gandhi family linked trusts, including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF).
The Ministry informed that the Special Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will head the committee.
"MHA sets up inter-ministerial committee to coordinate investigations into violation of various legal provisions of PMLA, Income Tax Act, FCRA etc by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust & Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. Spl. Dir of ED will head the committee," a home ministry spokesperson tweeted.
The development comes days after BJP president JP Nadda had claimed that the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) donated money to the 'family-run' Rajiv Gandhi Foundation when the Congress-led UPA was in power, claiming it was a 'brazen fraud' and big betrayal of the people of India.
Read: PM relief fund 'diverted' money to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation during UPA years: JP Nadda
"PMNRF, meant to help people in distress, was donating money to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in UPA years. Who sat on the PMNRF board? Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Who chairs RGF? Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Totally reprehensible, disregarding ethics, processes and not bothering about transparency," Nadda had said on Twitter.
However, the Congress hit back at the BJP, accusing the party of playing a "diabolical game of deception" to divert attention from the alleged "Chinese occupation" of Indian territory.
(With inputs from agencies)
