Rahul Gandhi Demands Audit Of PM-CARES Fund, Asks To Make Records Public

The CAG office had clarified that since the fund is based on donations, it has no right to audit a charitable organisation.

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo/ AFP)

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched an attack at the Centre over PM-CARES Fund set up to seek financial aid from countrymen to battle Coronavirus. He demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured audit of donations made to the PM-CARES Fund, and to share the details and the money spent with the people. The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was set up as a corpus to fight novel coronavirus. His statement comes when reports that the central government is accumulating a huge sum of money and that the amount spent will not be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General, have been doing rounds. Taking on the PM in his tweet, Gandhi wrote: "The PM-CARES Fund has received huge contributions from PSUs and major public utilities like the Railways. It's important that the Prime Minister ensure the fund is audited and that the record of money received and spent is available to the public.”

The CAG office had clarified that since the fund is based on donations, it has no right to audit a charitable organisation. On Friday, Rahul Gandhi told the media that the PM-CARES Fund should be audited and people of the country should know about the donors and the donations made. "The PM-CARES Fund has received huge contributions from PSUs and major public utilities like the Railways. It's important that the Prime Minister ensure the fund is audited and that the record of money received and spent is available to the public," he tweeted. Also Watch: Why Is Congress Troubled By PM CARES Fund?