The Congress party on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his PM CARES Fund, calling it a “fraud and a farce”. The party was responding to reports that government-run listed firms have contributed at least Rs 2,913.6 crore between 2019-20 and 2021-22 to the Fund.
https://thewire.in/politics/congress-lashes-out-at-opacity-surrounding-pm-cares-fund
“The government seeks immunity from scrutiny by arguing that it (the fund) does not receive budgetary support. What else is the contribution of such huge amounts by Navratnas and mini-Navratnas? This is taxpayers’ money. Constitutional morality doesn’t require legal compulsion,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, according to The Telegraph. “What prevents the Prime Minister from making the details public — receipts and expenditure?”
26/04/2023