Congress questions transparency of PM Cares Fund  

Congress continues to question the utilisation of the PM cares fund

  After Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had raised concern, congress has stepped up the attack on PM cares

Sonia had said PM care fund should be utilised for welfare of the migrants

Senior party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the fund, which is the PMO's pet project, should be made "transparent".

Migrants across the country who wanted to return home were asked to pay for the tickets by the state government.

Congress leader said, we look at the hardship they face as they head back home

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Singhvi tweeted: "It's been over a week asking PMO India Narendra Modi and HMO India...

PMO must give the account of the humongous amount of money taken as donations by PM Cares but to no avail.

Ceaser's wife can't be above suspicion and thus, PM Cares, a pet PMO project has to be transparent."

"Government can spend nearly Rs 100 crores on transport and food, etc. for just one public programme in Gujarat...

...when the Rail Ministry has the largesse to donate Rs 151 crores to the PM's corona fund

Then why can't these essential members of our nation's fabric be given a fraction of the same courtesy

... especially free rail travel, at this hour of acute distress?"

On May 4, Sonia Gandhi had said in a statement that the party will bear the cost of the travel of the migrants

She had said, "I hoped that thousands of crores which came in the name of charity will be used for nation builders...

..and they will be provided free travel, but I am pained this has not been done."

The central government is accumulating a huge sum of money under PM CARES Fund as a corpus to fight COVID-19

The amount spent will not be audited by the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG).

The CAG office had clarified, “Since the fund is based on donations, we have no right to audit the charitable organisation”.