The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended a CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander’s NGO ‘Aman Biradari’. MHA officials on Monday said a CBI inquiry has been recommended against the NGO for violation of various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Mander, who was a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA Government, founded Aman Biradari -- “a people’s campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world”.
All NGOs receiving foreign funding have to mandatorily register with the Home Ministry under the FCRA. According to Mander’s website (https://harshmander.In), he is the “founder of Aman Biradari, a people’s campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world, established after the Gujarat communal carnage of 2002”.
“Aman Biradari works closely with other people’s organisations and groups for the defence of secularism; for public compassion; and for promoting the values of the constitution,” it states. In October 2022, the MHA had cancelled the FCRA registration of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) -- two NGOs headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi -- for alleged violation of laws.
