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New Delhi: In the USAID case, now the statement of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has also come out. He said that the information given by the Trump administration is worrying and the government is investigating it. He said this in a conversation with Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, during the DU Literature Festival organized at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC).
We are investigating it
Sanyal asked him about the issue of ‘USAID’ which has been in the headlines recently. Jaishankar said, “I think some information has been put forward by people of the Trump administration, and obviously it is worrying. This shows that there are activities that have a certain purpose to promote a discourse or point of view. He said, “As a government, we are investigating it, because such organizations have an obligation to give information. And, I believe the facts will come out.”
Goodwill activities were allowed
The Foreign Minister said, “I read, so and so person worked with USAID. Look, it is not a question of whether you worked with USAID or not, USAID was allowed. It has been working here historically. But, USAID was allowed to do good-faith activities.”
Some activities were malicious
He said, “Now there are indications from America that some activities were malicious. So this should definitely be looked into and if there is something like that then I believe that the country should know who are involved in malicious activities.”
Donald Trump had revealed
While addressing an event in Miami on Thursday, US President Donald Trump had questioned the funding of US $ 21 million given by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase voting percentage in India and questioned whether this was done as an effort to make someone else win the election.
