Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/hindu-right-wing-groups-in-us-got-833000-of-federal-covid-fund
5 U.S.-based Hindu teams obtained not less than $833,000 in loans and grants from the federal COVID reduction funds distributed by the United States Small Business Administration. The 5 organisations—Sewa International (the international service wing of the RSS’ Sewa Bharati), the VHPA, the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation (a VHP-run mission), the Infinity Foundation, headed by the Hindu nationalist creator Rajiv Malhotra, and the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), a Washington D.C.-based advocacy group—had been reported to have hyperlinks with the Sangh Parivar.
New York-based Sunita Viswanath, co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights, expressed concern that the US pandemic relief funds might end up furthering hate campaign against Muslims and other minorities in India.
“All the organizations you have mentioned are sympathetic to Hindutva ideology. American organizations such as the VHPA openly acknowledge that they are inspired by India’s Hindu nationalist organizations, such as the VHP and the RSS,” she told Al Jazeera. “Any American nonprofit that perpetuates Islamophobia and other forms of hate should not receive federal relief funds.”