The Congress and the government donated the PM Carriage Fund to the Lok Sabha on Monday. The opposition party alleged that LIC gave money in return for benefiting the people and Union Minister Anurag Thakur lashed out at Rajiv. Gandhi Foundation is accepting funds from China.
During the question hour, Ravneet Singh Bittu, acting leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said that migrant laborers and the poor suffered during the coronovirus-induced lockdown.
“They did not get the benefits they should have got. LIC gave its money only to PM Cars. Why is that?” Mr Bittu accused him and asked the minister not to give a “political reply”.
Speaker Om Birla told Mr. Bittu that if he asks a political question, he should get a political answer.
Replying to Mr. Bittu, Mr. Thakur, who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, said that during the bandh, migrant laborers faced difficulties while returning home.
Mr. Thakur listed the steps taken by the government to provide relief to migrant workers during the lockdown.
Thakur said that there are instances where someone donated the entire pension amount to the PM Care Fund. Even those who got wages through the MNREGA scheme donated money to the PM Care Fund to help others.
The Prime Minister’s Civil Assistance and Relief (PM CARES) Fund was established in March last year to deal with any type of emergency, such as relief to those currently affected and affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. To give. .
Many public sector undertakings (PSUs), government employees contributed to the money. The money was also used for various coronovirus related initiatives, the minister said.
“But there is a family in the country that formed the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and worked to fill their accounts. Through the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, these people did not even prioritize the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund,” Mr. Thakur said. .
Thakur said, “This party (Congress) worked to fill (the accounts) of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. They feel that because their account is now closed. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation also took money from China.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was present in the House during that time.
Mr. Thakur said that several accounts were created under the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation through which money was taken from various public undertakings. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is headed by Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi. According to the RGF website, it also has Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as its members.
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