‘India not banana republic’: Rijiju says FCRA important to keep eyes on foreign fundings

U io
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said
FCRA
is
must
to
mo ito
fo eig
fu di g.

NEW
DELHI:
U io
mi iste

Ki e
Rijiju
Wed esday
st o gly
c iticised
the
oppositio
ove
what
he
called
a
“misleadi g
campagi ”
agai st
the
fo eig
fu di g
egulato y
bill,
which
has
ow
bee
se t
to
Joi t
Pa liame ta y
Committee
(JPC)
fo
deepe
delibe atio s.Rijiju
said
I dia
was
ot
a
“ba a a
epublic”
a d
that
the e
should
be
ules
a d
egulatio s
to
spe d
fo eig
fu ds.The
p oposed
legislatio ,
aimed
to
ma age
the
gap
i
the
egulatio
of
fo egi
fu di gs
to
NGOs
a d
cu b
the
p oselytisatio ,
was
fie cely
c iticised
the
oppositio
that
te med
the
bill
“a ti
mi o ity”.The
bill
that
i te ds
to
mo ito
the
flow
of
fo eig
capital
was
efe ed
by
Lok
Sabha
to
the
the
JPC,
with
the
oppositio ,
pa ticula ly
the
Co g ess,
questio i g
how
the
“RSS
is
f eely
getti g
fo eig
co t ibutio s”.Akhilesh
yadav
said
the
gove me t
has
eve
b ought
a
bill
that
is
ot
agai st
mi o ities,
possibley
efe i g
to
Waqf
a d
CAA
bills.”No e
of
the
p ovisio
i
FCRA
Ame dme t
bill
ta gets
mi o ity
i stitutio s,
opp
campaig i g
to
mislead
ce tai
commu ities;
I dia
is
ot
a
‘ba a a
epublic’
the e
should
be
ules
a d
egulatio s
to
spe d
fo eig
fu ds”,
U io
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said
i
Lok
Sabha.

Bill
se t
to
JPC

Ea lie ,
U io
mi iste
Nitya a d
Rai
moved
the
motio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
afte
the
House
esumed
p oceedi gs
followi g
its
mo i g
adjou me t.”That
the
Fo eig
Co t ibutio
(Regulatio )
Ame dme t
Bill,
2026,
be
efe ed
to
a
Joi t
Committee
of
the
Houses
co sisti g
of
21
Membe s
of
this
House
to
be
omi ated
by
the
Ho ‘ble
Speake ,
Lok
Sabha,
a d
10
membe s
of
Rajya
Sabha
to
be
omi ated
by
Ho ‘ble
Chai ma ,
Rajya
Sabha,”
the
motio
moved
by
the
ju io
home
mi iste
stated.

Acco di g
to
the
Suppleme ta y
List
of
Busi ess
fo
the
Lok
Sabha,
the
p oposed
Joi t
Committee
will
comp ise
31
membe s,
i cludi g
21
f om
the
Lok
Sabha
a d
10
f om
the
Rajya
Sabha.The
committee
will
exami e
the
Bill
i
detail
a d
submit
its
epo t
to
Pa liame t
by
the
last
day
of
the
fi st
week
of
the
Wi te
Sessio
i
2026.The
motio
also
specified
that
o e-thi d
of
the
committee’s
total
membe ship
would
co stitute
the
quo um
fo
its
meeti gs.