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Chinese firms donated in PM-CARES Fund: Cong

Chinese firms donated in PM-CARES Fund: Cong

New Delhi, Jun 28 (UNI) Amid political attacks between BJP and Congress over the funding from Chinese firms, the latter on Sunday alleged that PM-CARES fund also received donations from leading Chinese companies.

Addressing a digital press conference here, senior Congress leader and party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi asked, 'Why has PM Modi received Chinese money in the PM-CARES fund, despite the overt Chinese hostilities?
'Has PM received Rs 7 crore from the controversial company Huawei? Does Huawei have a direct connection with People's Liberation Army of China? Has the Chinese company owning TikTok facilitated a donation of Rs 30 crore to the controversial PM CARES Fund?”

The Congress leader further asked if Paytm, which has 38 per cent Chinese ownership, given Rs 100 crore, Oppo Rs one crore and Xiomi Rs 15 crore in the fund.

'Has Prime Minister Modi diverted the donations received in the PMNRF to the controversial PM-CARES Fund and how many hundred crores is the amount diverted?' Mr Singhvi also asked.

The Congress leader pointed out that reports suggest that as on May 20, 2020, the fund received Rs 9,678 crore.

'The shocking part is that though Chinese forces have transgressed into our territory, the Prime Minister has received money in the fund from Chinese companies.

'No one knows the constitutional or operational framework of the PM-CARES fund and how it is controlled or money given to it utilised. The fund is not even subject to audit by any public authority, including the CAG. PMO has gone to the extent of saying that this fund is not a public authority,' Mr Singhvi said.

'The fund appears to be solely run by the Prime Minister in an opaque and secret fashion with zero transparency and zero accountability,' he added.

Congress alleged that the Modi government continues to sidestep the brazen Chinese transgressions and occupation of Indian territory by Chinese forces in Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso lake area, Hot Springs and Depsang plains upto Y-Junction.

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi unashamedly misleads the nation and serves the sinister agenda of the Chinese by claiming that China has never intruded into the Indian territory, nor is it in occupation of any territory,' Mr Singhvi said.

'This is the greatest disservice to the nation. Chinese hostilities in recent years are well known - be it the occupation of the Depsang Plains up to Y-Junction in 2013 (from where they were pushed back by the Congress/UPA after a face off), be it the Chinese occupation of our territory at Point 30R Post in Chumar, Ladakh in 2014 (when Modi ji was playing Jhula diplomacy with the Chinese President in Ahmedabad), or the Chinese occupation of Doklam plateau in 2017,' he added.

The Congress leader also alleged that the Prime Minister has a special soft spot for China.

'Even as Chief Minister of Gujarat, we saw his close association in his four Chinese visits. He is the only Prime Minister, who has visited China five times,' he said.

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