Gujarat govt. demands a probe in Ford Foundation funding

The Gujarat government has written a letter, dated March 10, to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs accusing US-based NGO Ford Foundation of Foreign Exchange Management Act violation and “direct interference by a foreign NGO in the internal affairs of the country and abetting communal disharmony in India”. Teesta Setalvad, however, denied violations of Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) provisions by her NGOs, after Gujarat government demanded the Union Home Ministry to probe the functioning of her organisations.