The Indian authorities are looking for “deeply worrying” information about the governmental activity of the United States in the country, said New Delhi on Friday after US President Donald Trump suggested that a government agency in the United States had spent money trying to influence In the Indian elections.
The comment of the Indian Foreign Ministry occurs two days after Trump cited the information published by Doge, the department led by Elon Musk, showing that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had spent $ 21 million in “participation of voters” in India.
“We have seen information published by the US administration about certain activities and financing of Usaid. Obviously, these are very worrying. This has generated concerns about foreign interference in the internal affairs of India, “said Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal, a weekly news conference when asked about USAID’s activities in India.
Jaiswal said the “relevant department and agencies” were investigating the matter.
USAID did not immediately respond to a request for comments by email.
On February 16, Dege published in X a list of funds that Useid, which Trump has put frozen, had disbursed, including $ 21 million for voting participation in India.
“Why do we need to spend $ 21 million for electoral participation in India? Wow, $ 21 million. I guess they were trying to be chosen, ”Trump said in an event in Miami.
His comment and Doge’s revelations have caused a political storm in India, with the Bharatiya Janata party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the opposition Congress accuses each other of benefiting from foreign funds.
On Friday, The Indian Express The newspaper reported, citing documents he had accessed, that the $ 21 million that Trump mentioned was disbursed to neighboring Bangladesh, not in India.
