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The route by which money was funneled from USAID to other countries via NGOs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A lot more than $21 million was funneled through the same route since 2008. Data available with the US government website, www.usaspending.gov<\/a><\/u>, shows that USAID paid the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) a whopping $3.7 billion<\/b> from fiscal 2008 to 2025. <\/i><\/p>\n
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CEPPS’ website is offline now. But a perusal of the 2023 financial statement of its partner NGO, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), provides details about how the Consortium worked. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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Source: CEPPS 2023 Financial Statement available on the NGO’s website<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
So money was funneled from USAID to CEPPS, a consortium of three large NGOs that work towards \u201cstrengthening democracy through partnership<\/a><\/u>,\u201d \u201cmaking democracies resilient,<\/a><\/u>\u201d \u201cadvancing democracy worldwide is about empowering individuals on a personal level<\/a><\/u>\u201d and \u201cstrengthening democratic institutions worldwide<\/a><\/u>.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
These NGOs in turn partnered with NGOs and other organisations across the world and further funneled money into these countries. \u00a0<\/p>\n
At NDTV, we had earlier reported<\/a><\/u> on how the IRI had been funded by the USAID to \u201cdestabilize Bangladesh politics.<\/i>\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
This brings us to the question – \u00a0was the $21 million funding canceled by DOGE was for regime change operations in India.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The India Trail \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
It is from the IFES and the NDI that a large portion of the funding for India appears to have come. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The website of the NGO shows that it partners with another NGO – Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) which actively works in the Indian subcontinent. \u00a0<\/p>\n
NDTV perused the financial statements and annual reports of the IFES and found multiple transfers for projects in India. However, the details of these projects are not immediately clear. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The BJP has picked up an MOU signed between IFES and the ECI and alleged that then Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi is involved with this controversy.<\/p>\n
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Once again, it is George Soros, a known associate of the Congress party and the Gandhis, whose shadow looms over our electoral process.<\/p>\n
In 2012, under the leadership of S.Y. Quraishi, the Election Commission signed an MoU with The International Foundation for Electoral… https:\/\/t.co\/PO13Iyroee<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gdgAQoDbPh<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Quraishi, however, provided a response to PTI which is reproduced here in full – \u00a0<\/p>\n
“The report in a section of Media about an MoU by ECI in 2012 when I was CEC, for funding of certain million dollars by a US agency for raising voter turnout in India does not have an iota of fact. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Yes, there was a MOU with IFES in 2012 when I was CEC like we had with many other agencies and Election Management Bodies to facilitate training for desirous countries at ECI ‘s training and resource centre, IIIDEM, which was very new at that stage. There was no financing or even promise of finance involved in MoU, forget X or Y amount. The MoU in fact made it clear in black and white that there would be no financial and legal obligation of any kind on either side. \u00a0This stipulation was made at two different places to leave no scope for any ambiguity. Any mention of any funds in connection with this MoU is completely false and malicious,” said Quraishi’s statement. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
NDI has on its website, a distorted map of India which shows Kashmir as not being part of India. \u00a0<\/p>\n
It also has on its Board<\/a><\/u>, a number of former USAID employees as well as former Ambassadors and people who have worked closely with the spy agency CIA. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Bangkok-based ANFREL, which receives funding from NDI, continues to move the money forward to a host of Asian nations, including to India.<\/p>\n
ANFREL’s “missions” in countries like Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Timor Leste and Nepal, among others, have been active with election related activities. \u00a0<\/p>\n
It is now upon the Indian authorities to probe into these agencies and Indian entities associated with them to find out the complete truth. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u200bThe newly created US Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE has been auditing several government agencies in the US and cutting wasteful expenditure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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