New Delhi. In order to increase the number of voters in India, the government is investigating the issue of allocation of $ 21 million from the US and the reality will be revealed soon. This information is Foreign Minister S.K. Jaishankar gave Delhi University Literature Festival on Saturday. On the question asked by Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of PM Modi’s Economic Advisory Council, he said that investigation is being done regarding the statements of Donald Trump administration of possible American intervention in India’s elections. Donald Trump has said three consecutive times that the USAED was allocated $ 21 million to increase the voting percentage in India by USAD. Trump had even expressed the fear that this funding could have been allotted to win elections to someone else in India.
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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said that the Modi government is actively investigating the matter. He said that we are looking at this matter as a government. The Foreign Minister said that institutions like USAED have to inform the government about their activities. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar also said that the USAED was approved to work in India showing good intentions. He said that now there are indications from America that some of the USAED activities were poor intentions. The Foreign Minister said that the information that became public from the Trump government is going to worry. Jaishankar said that it seems that some activities took place with special purpose. So that a special ideology can be promoted by creating a narrator.
This entire issue has arisen due to sharing information from the DOGE department formed by Trump. The DOGE made public information that during the Biden government to increase the voting percentage in India, the USAED had allocated an amount of $ 21 million, or about Rs 182 crore. Which was stopped by Trump’s government in America. The BJP is targeting Congress and Rahul Gandhi in this matter. Whereas, the Congress is demanding an inquiry. He has also sought an answer from PM Modi. Because Trump once gave a statement and said that our friend was stopped for 21 million dollars being given for Modi.
