Since India became independent in 1947, there have been many cases registered and a lot of unregistered cases in which public money has been looted by politicians. Some prime examples are 2G Scam, the Coal-gate Scam, Bofors Case, Agusta–Dassault Case, etc. etc. By the way, these are a few of the latest ones only.
Billions of dollars (lakhs of crores of Rupees) of public money have been looted by the politicians and that is how they have such big bungalows (we are not talking about the Government allotted ones!) Politicians have properties worth crores and even though they can show us documents but everyone knows how they made that money.
But there has to be a limit to the corruption one can do. A limit to the amount of money one can loot. A limit to the harm one can cause his or her own country. The new documents that have surfaced on the news and internet are just beyond comprehension. A private entity getting money from National Ministries, PSUs, and even PM Relief Fund is donating money to that private entity. The list doesn’t stop there – The Government of China and the Chinese Foreign Ministry also donate money to this private entity – according to the document.
The private entity is Rajiv Gandhi Foundation which was established on June 21, 1991, exactly one month after Rajiv Gandhi’s death on 21st May 1991. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra, P.Chidabaram & Manmohan Singh in its member-list. This private entity receives public money, money from other governments but does not come under RTI as it is privately owned but it also cannot be audited by CAG. Why? What to hide when you are not doing anything wrong?
The worst thing is the timing of all these transactions. During UPA-1 i.e 2005 to 2009 : Congress signs a secret MoU with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Why is a political party in India signing an MoU with CCP? Chinese transfer the money in the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Indian government agrees to the FTA deal. What a coincidence!!!
Big Corporates transfer money to this private entity during UPA-1 & UPA-2 but why? Does this donation help them in getting government contracts?
Mehul Choksi – the man who looted public money and is on a run – this man is one of the donors on the list. He donated to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation during the time when he was being granted Thousands of Crores in loans. Now he is an absconding defaulter.
There is so much to know – we think that the press has only scratched the surface of this scam. This scam might be the biggest in Indian history – because it is not just about the money.
Just before signing off, we would like to tell you that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation building in Delhi is actually a Government plot allotted for Congress Headquarters. Now how a government allotted plot is being used by a private entity. How?
As we said earlier -there will be so much more if this scam is investigated. Yes, you heard it right – IF this scam is investigated. Let’s hope that the truth comes out and criminals are brought to justice no matter how powerful these people are – after all its public money.
Jai Hind
