Supriya Sule opposes FCRA Bill, urges Centre to withdraw it or send it to JPC

Sup iya
Sule
said
fo eig
fu di g
should
ot
automatically
be
t eated
with
suspicio

NEW
DELHI:
NCP
(SP)
wo ki g
p eside t

Sup iya
Sule
o
Satu day
opposed
the
Fo eig
Co t ibutio
(Regulatio )
Ame dme t
Bill,
2026
i
its
p ese t
fo m,
u gi g
the
Ce t e
eithe
to
withd aw
the
p oposed
legislatio
o
efe
it
to
a
Joi t
Pa liame ta y
Committee
(JPC)
fo
wide
discussio .Sule,
the
Lok
Sabha
MP
f om
Ba amati,
said
all
political
pa ties
should
be
give
a
oppo tu ity
to
exami e
the
co te tious
legislatio
befo e
Pa liame t
takes
it
up
fo
co side atio .
She
cautio ed
the
gove me t
agai st
ushi g
the
bill
th ough
Pa liame t,
amid
epo ts
that
it
could
be
discussed
a d
passed
ext
week.“We
eject
a d
disag ee
with
the
p ese t
fo m
of
the
FCRA
bill.
If
the
gove me t
is
ot
eady
to
withd aw
the
bill,
the
it
should
se d
it
to
a
JPC.
I
a
st o g
democ acy,
me ely
opposi g
somethi g
is
ot
e ough;
we
also
have
to
sit
togethe
a d
discuss
it,”
she
said.

The
p oposed
legislatio
seeks
to
establish
a
desig ated
autho ity
fo
the
vesti g,
supe visio ,
ma ageme t
a d
disposal
of
fo eig
co t ibutio s
a d
assets
i
cases
i volvi g
ca cellatio ,
su e de
o
expi y
of
a
o ga isatio ’s
FCRA
egist atio .The
bill
also
p ovides
fo
p ovisio al
a d
pe ma e t
vesti g
of
such
assets.

C itics
have
a gued
that
the
p oposed
cha ges
could
give
the
gove me t
g eate
co t ol
ove
o ga isatio s
eceivi g
fo eig
co t ibutio s.

‘Fo eig
fu di g
ca ot
always
be
viewed
with
suspicio ’

Sule
said
fo eig
fu di g
should
ot
automatically
be
t eated
with
suspicio ,
a gui g
that
ove seas
co t ibutio s
ca
suppo t
legitimate
wo k
i
a eas
such
as
healthca e
a d
educatio .She
said
actio
should
be
take
if
fo eig
fu ds
a e
li ked
to
illegal
activities
such
as
d ug
t afficki g
o
te o ism,
but
questio ed
the
atio ale
fo
viewi g
eve y
fo eig -fu ded
o ga isatio
egatively.“The e
a e
o ga isatio s
such
as
the
Gates
Fou datio
a d
USAID
that
have
bee
doi g
good
wo k
fo
ma y
yea s.
Why
should
we
look
at
eve y
fo eig -fu ded
o ga isatio
with
a
bad
eye?”
she
said.She
also
compa ed
fo eig
fu di g
with
mo ey
se t
home
by
I dia s
livi g
ab oad,
a gui g
that
the
sou ce
of
mo ey
alo e
should
ot
dete mi e
whethe
it
is
viewed
egatively.Acco di g
to
official
figu es,
13,520
e tities
eceived
fo eig
emitta ces
totalli g
Rs
55,741
c o e
betwee
2019
a d
2022.As
of
July
15,
2026,
the e
we e
14,449
active
FCRA
egist atio s,
while
22,498
egist atio s
had
bee
ca celled
a d
15,212
had
expi ed.The
FCRA
egulates
the
eceipt
a d
utilisatio
of
fo eig
co t ibutio s
by
NGOs,
cha itable
i stitutio s,
educatio al
bodies,
eligious
t usts
a d
othe
o ga isatio s.

Sule
backs
youth
p otests,
questio s
pa ty
symbol
decisio s

Sule
also
comme ted
o
the
o goi g
p otests
by
stude ts,
sayi g
you g
people
should
ot
face
such
t eatme t
while
seeki g
educatio .“What
happe ed
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
should
ot
happe
a ywhe e
i
the
cou t y.
Ou
child e
wa t
to
study
a d
this
is
happe i g
to
them.
I
ead
that
mi iste s
f om
Jha kha d
have
o de ed
a
i qui y
i to
it,”
she
said.She
also
backed
Uddhav
Thacke ay
i
the
dispute
ove
the
Shiv
Se a’s
ame
a d
electio
symbol,
a gui g
that
pa ty
o ga isatio s
a d
co stitutio s
should
be
co side ed
while
decidi g
co t ol
of
political
pa ties.O
the
NCP
dispute,
Sule
said
the
legal
battle
emai ed
u esolved
a d
alleged
that
he
pa ty
had
bee
waiti g
fo
a
hea i g.“Sha ad
Pawa
is
the
fou de
p eside t
of
the
NCP
a d
i justice
has
bee
do e
to
him.
We
have
bee
aski g
fo
a
date
fo
a
lo g
time,
but
why
a e
we
ot
getti g
a
date?”
she
said.

Sule
also
c iticised
the
Maha asht a
gove me t’s
app oach
to
fa m
loa
waive s
a d
called
fo
political
c iticism
to
emai
focused
o
issues
athe
tha
becomi g
pe so al.O
the
p oposed
delimitatio
legislatio ,
Sule
said
it
would
be
p ematu e
to
comme t
befo e
the
bill
was
i t oduced.
She
added
that
the
NCP
(SP)
would
discuss
the
legislatio
with
its
allia ce
pa t e s
o ce
it
came
befo e
Pa liame t.Sule
fu the
said
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
had
ag eed
to
meet
NCP
(SP)
MPs
o
Mo day
to
discuss
issues
co ce i g
thei
co stitue cies,
amid
the
oppositio ‘s
co te tio
that
Pa liame t
was
ot
fu ctio i g
p ope ly.

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