Mr Modi believes the world is like him: Rahul on probe into Gandhi family-linked trusts
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the Centre on Wednesday announced setting up a committee to probe into alleged financial irregularities involving three Gandhi family-linked trusts, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit back at Narendra Modi and said the PM believes 'the world is like him.
The central government announced that the said committee will coordinate a probe into violation of various legal provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and Indian Gandhi Memorial Trust.
A special director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will head the committee, said the Union Home Ministry.
Reacting to the investigation, Rahul Gandhi targeted PM Modi alleging that "he thinks every one has a price or can be intimidated."
"Mr Modi believes the world is like him. He thinks every one has a price or can be intimidated. He will never understand that those who fight for the truth have no price and cannot be intimidated," Rahul wrote in a tweet.
Mr Modi believes the world is like him. He thinks every one has a price or can be intimidated.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 8, 2020
He will never understand that those who fight for the truth have no price and cannot be intimidated.
The probe has been ordered days after ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Jagat Prakash Nadda, alleged that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation had received a donation of $300,000 from People's Republic of China and the Chinese Embassy in 2005-2006 for carrying out studies which were not of national interest.
India's Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had targeted the Congress party saying as quoted by The Indian Express, "The donors list of RGF annual report in 2005-06 clearly shows that it received a donation from the Embassy of People’s Republic of China. We want to know why this donation was taken.”
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Montek Singh Ahluwalia are the trustees of the foundation.
Congress' top leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and P Chidambaram are the trustee-cum executive committee members.
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