Washington:
The US Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), led by billionaire businessman Alan Musk, has canceled a funding of Rs 1 billion 80 crore ($ 21 million) under the administration of former President Joe Biden. This fund was to be used to impress ‘Voter Turnout in India’. Doge, while canceling the fund, said that it was part of a big budget of $ 486 million (about 4 thousand crores) allocated to the ‘Association for’ Election and Political Procedure ‘for Rs 1 billion 80 crores. In this fund, 2 billion 50 crore rupees ($ 29 million) were set to strengthen the political scenario in Bangladesh. Let us know that America was accused of having a hand in removing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh’s power. However, the former President who Biden had rejected these allegations. The BJP has now raised questions, calling the canceled funding as ‘external intervention’ in India’s election process.
As soon as Donald Trump’s president is sitting on the chair, America has taken many big decisions from tariffs to immigration policy. In this sequence, the US Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), led by billionaire businessman Alan Musk, has canceled a funding of Rs 1 billion 80 crores, which was to be used in India’s elections. Let us know that Doge is such a department made under the leadership of Alan Musk, keeps an eye on many types of funding.
Doge issued a statement after abolishing the funding of 21 million, saying that these money belongs to American taxpayers, who had to spend for different items, but all of them have been canceled … This decision has been taken keeping the interests of common citizens in mind.
The BJP has now termed the funding canceled by the US as ‘external intervention’ in India’s election process. BJP’s national spokesperson Amit Malviya said in a statement, ‘$ 21 million for voter turnout …? This is definitely external interference in India’s election process. Who would have benefited from this? Certainly not the ruling party! ‘
Amit Malviya further accused foreign forces of ‘systematic infiltration’ into Indian institutions, especially billionaire investors George Soros and his alleged global impact network through his Open Society Foundation. Malaviya claimed, “Once again, it is George Soros, who is a well-known ally of the Congress party and Gandhi family, whose shadow is hovering over our election process.”
He also reminded the controversial 2012 MoU between the Election Commission of India and The International Foundation for Electoral Systems, an organization associated with Soros’s Open Society Foundation. After Donald Trump holds the presidency, this budget is facing cuts. Amit Malviya said, “The irony is that those who are questioning the transparent and inclusive process of appointment of Election Commissioner of India, had no hesitation in handing over the entire Election Commission of India to foreign operators.” According to Malaviya, the Congress -led UPA government, ‘anti -forces of the country’s interests, which want to weaken India on every occasion, enacted infiltration into institutions in India systematically’.
The BJP alleges that foreign -backed civil society organizations and NGOs, especially people associated with Soros, are working to influence Indian politics.