Opp Congress slams PM for welcoming donation from Chinese cos

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 28, 2020

The opposition Congress in Meghalaya has slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly accepting donation from Chinese companies. 

“What is most worrying and alarming for national security is the fact of donations received by Prime Minister Modi from the Chinese Companies in his (seemingly personal) PM CARES Fund,” Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) working president James S Lyngdoh said in a statement issued on Sunday.

He said no one knows the constitution or the operational framework of the PM CARES Fund and no one knows how it is controlled or money given to it utilized. The fund is not even subjected to audit by any public authority including CAG.

He also said PMO has gone to the extent of saying this Fund is not a public authority. PM CARES Fund is not even subjected to RTI. 

“All in all, the Fund appears to be solely run by the Prime Minister in an opaque and secret fashion with zero transparency and zero accountability,” he said. 

The Congress leader further said that reports suggest that as on May 20, 2020 PM Modi has received Rs 9678 crores in the controversial Fund. 

“The shocking part is that though Chinese forces have transgressed into our territory, Prime Minister has received money in the Fund from Chinese companies,” he said. 

Accusing the PM of having a special soft spot for China, Lyngdoh said, “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 5 times.”

He also further alleged that a delusional Modi government continues to sidestep the brazen Chinese transgressions and occupation of our territory by the Chinese forces in Galwan Valley, PangongTso Lake area, Hot Springs and Depsang Plainsupto Y-Junction. 

“Prime Minister 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. This is the greatest disservice to the nation,” Lyngdoh stated. 

Lyngdoh said the Chinese hostilities, in recent years are well known be it the occupation of the Depsang Plains upto Y-Junction in the year 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), be it the Chinese occupation of the Doklam plateau in 2017. 

“But every time the Modi government is questioned on the Chinese transgressions of our territory, in four different places, i.e. Galwan Valley, PangongTso Lake Area, Hot Springs and Depsang Plains, a deceptive Modi government and a paranoid BJP resorts to diversionary tactics and disinformation,” he said. 

The Congress has also demanded the Prime Minister to reply to its queries.

Why has PM Modi received Chinese money into the Fund, despite the overt Chinese hostilities in the year 2013?

Has PM received Rs 7 Crore from the controversial company HUAWEI? Does HUAWEI have a direct connection with Peoples Liberation Army, China?

Has the Chinese company owning TikTok facilitated a donation of Rs 30 crores to the controversial PM CARES Fund? 

Has Paytm, which has a 38% Chinese ownership given 100 crores in the controversial Fund?

Has XIAOMI, the Chinese company, committed Rs 15 Crore to the controversial Fund?

Has the Chinese company OPPO, donated Rs 1 crore to this controversial Fund?

Has the Prime Minister Modi diverted the donations received in PMNRF to the controversial PM CARES Fund and how many hundred crores is the amount diverted?

If Prime Minister of India will compromise his position by accepting donations of hundreds of crores from Chinese companies in the controversial and opaque Fund, how will he defend the country against the Chinese aggression?