It is distressing that the political parties in power should pretend to be concerned about prosecuting NGOs for FCRA violations but conveniently bend every statute to allow foreign agencies to give huge donations to political parties.
For example, it was reported a few days ago (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/centre- recommends-cbi-inquiry-against-activist-harsh-manders-ngo-aman-biradari-
The CBI, in its FIR, said that Dutta used funds to 'take down India's existing or proposed coal projects' through his NGO, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, in violation of FCRA norms.
The action was taken in response to a complaint from the Union Home Ministry alleging that Dutta's organisation, LIFE, was receiving funds from a USA-based organisation to litigate against Indian coal projects with the intention of "targeting and stalling them".
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