PM Advisor sanjeev sanyal: Alan Musk -led US Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) recently announced to stop funding for various countries, including US $ 21 million to promote voting in India. After this announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal and BJP have questioned the claim of this funding.
Questioning the matter, Sanjeev Sanyal said that he is curious to know who received this amount of US $ 21 million in the name of increasing voting in India.
Sanjeev Sanyal’s question
According to the CNN-NEWS18 report, he asked why an American or foreign agency is trying to intervene in India’s internal politics. What will be the benefit of them? I have been seeing for many years what work in India is doing and trying to impress it. If you check these agencies deeply, then you will know that all are funded by the same group, which is running a special agenda. This is not new. I have been opposing such activities for a long time and have written an article on it. Usaid is also part of this strategy.
Sanjeev Sanyal’s big charge on USAID
Sanjeev Sanyal termed United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the biggest scam in history. He said on X, “It will be interesting to know that to increase voting in India, 21 million US dollars were given and 29 million US dollars for political stability in Bangladesh?” Apart from this, funding of $ 29 million was not even mentioned in Nepal to improve fiscal federalism. Usaid is the world’s biggest scam. “
Doge announcement and controversy
On Sunday (February 16, 2025), Doge announced to stop the funding released for various countries, reducing federal expenses. Posting on X, Doge said, “American taxpayers’ money was going to be spent on the following items, which has now been canceled. It also gave an amount of $ 486 million to the Sangh for Election and Political Procedure Strengthening”. It was included. Under this, $ 22 million for Moldova, $ 21 million to increase voting in India, DOGE officials clarified that this amount given to India and Bangladesh has now been stopped.
Former Election Commissioner rejected the claim of US funding
Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi rejected the claim that when he was the head of the Election Commission (ECI), an American funds were used to increase voting in India.
He said, “In 2012, when I was the Chief Election Commissioner, no funding was done by the US agency to increase the voting percentage in India. The claims made in media reports are wrong. The Election Commission had an agreement with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), but there was no mention of any financial assistance in it. ”
BJP accused of external intervention in election process
Soon after the announcement of Doge to stop funding, the BJP reacted strongly to it and described it as foreign intervention in the India’s election process. BJP leader Amit Malviya said, “21 million dollars to increase voting voting in India? This is clearly foreign intervention in India’s election process. Who will benefit from this? Certainly not the ruling party. “
Why are the questions arising on Doge and Usaid?
Doge is constantly shutting down the programs of USAid to reduce the expenditure of US administration. Usaid is the largest humanitarian aid agency of the US government and has been repeatedly targeted by the Trump administration for several irregularities. This announcement has come at a time when Prime Minister recently Narendra Modi Had met US President Donald Trump. However, there was no discussion in the joint statement of the two countries on this issue.
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