Congress seeks white paper on USAID flow to India

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday sought to dismiss as "nonsensical" President Trump questioning the motive of the $21-million USAID funding (which now stands scrapped) for India's voter turnout and accusing the Biden-administration of interfering in the country's electoral process.

Yet, the Opposition party demanded that the Centre should bring out a "white paper" at the earliest on all USAID's support to both governmental and non-governmental institutions in India over the decades.

"USAID is very much in the news these days. It was set up on November 3, 1961. Claims being made by the US President are typically nonsensical to say the least. Even so, the Government of India should bring out a white paper at the earliest detailing USAID's support to both governmental and non-governmental institutions in India over the decades," said Jairam Ramesh, Congress' communications in-charge, in a social media post.