The Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), has exposed the funds received by ‘activist’ Harsh Mander who runs the NGO Centre for Equity Studies. LRO has found out about the deep nexus between European Catholic Church and anti-India activities in India.
Harsh Mander’s NGO Centre for Equity Studies (CES) has received crores from European Catholics and US-based Islamist organisations, the Legal Rights Observatorry (LRO) has revealed.
Harsh Mandar was the leading liberal activists famous for filing false cases against then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi for his involvement in the Godhra riots.
#EXPOSE– Harsh Mander @harsh_mander's @CEStudies recvd crores from #French n #Danish Catholics; Requested @HMOIndia to cancel #FCRA registration of CES n @OxfamIndia for misusing funds to fuel #DelhiRiots #Hinduphobia n to kill #AssamTea at the behest of foreign groups! (Cont…) pic.twitter.com/fFxBtSdVsI
— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) September 24, 2020
According to the LRO, Mandar has received crores from French and Danish Catholics, presumably to fuel unrest in like the Delhi anti-CAA riots of February 2020.
One of his donors is Comité Catholique Contre’s (CCFD-Terre solidaire) and as per the information available in its wikipedia page, says “It is The Catholic Committee against hunger and for development” but it has been found that there exists no evidence of Mander’s NGO working on hunger and development in India.
Instead, ‘Its core competency is #Hinduphobia n #HateIndia’, says LRO.
Another donor of CES is Action for Hope which claims to be “Leading Pan-Arab Cultural Organization”. Another donor for CES is the US-based Indian Muslims Relief & Charity and UK based Minority Rights Group pumped that gave money to Harsh Mander during the peak anti-CAA/NRC protests.
The extensive and exhaustive investigation by LRO has further revealed that Oxfam India’s CEO Amitabh Behar is a treasurer of Mander’s NGO CES.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (September 23) passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020, that is set to bring about significant changes in foreign funding rules to ensure transparency and prevent misuse of the funds. The bill that was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday was called by the CEO of Oxfam India as a ”devastating blow”. Many others from the NGO sector, academia and media have called the amendment ‘draconian’, ‘cumbersome’ and an attempt to ‘kill’ the sector.
Oxfam's @OxfamIndia CEO Amitabh Behar @AmitabhBehar is treasurer of Mander's NGO Centre for Equity Studies @CEStudies, who was first to lash out at @AmitShah for #FCRABill2020 bcoz his interests were going to be badly hit once #FCRA is amended. Reports says Oxfam funds CES (Cont) pic.twitter.com/vlgROdbNuB
— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) September 24, 2020
LRO has said that the money received by Mandar and his gang was used for arranging legal/logistical help to arrested jihadis who took part in the Delhi Riot when US President Donald Trump was visiting India.
During the cold winter months in Delhi, Mandar had called on the youth protest against CAA and the videos of his speech had gone viral on social media that prompted an investigation over his role in instigating the mob and provoking radical Islamist youth and shielded arsonists and rioters.