The Union Home Ministry is examining the Gujarat government’s complaint that the Ford Foundation is interfering in India’s internal affairs and abetting communal disharmony.
The State government has accused it of encouraging the Sabrang Trust and the Citizens for Justice and Peace, run by Teesta Setalvad, social activist, to indulge in acts prejudicial to communal harmony.
Violation
Alleging violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act by the two non-governmental organisations, it asked for investigations into the purposes for which they spent the grants received from the U.S.-based funding agency.
Denying the charge, Ms. Setalvad said the two NGOs had cooperated in the investigation conducted by a Home Ministry team. The team has submitted its report. In January, the Gujarat Police registered a case against Ms. Setalvad and her husband, Javed Anand, for allegedly cheating residents of the Gulberg Society of money collected by the NGOs in 2008.
