Advocate Swati K has asked a straightforward question:
Can we have an audit of the PM CARES Fund?
The real question is — why shouldn’t we?
A fund chaired by the Prime Minister, carrying the national emblem, receiving thousands of crores in public donations and CSR contributions, and repeatedly projected as the nation’s emergency response vehicle, remains outside CAG audit, outside full RTI scrutiny, and outside parliamentary questions.
Private auditors and selective receipts-and-payments statements are not a substitute for the independent, rigorous oversight that every other public instrument claiming to act in the name of citizens is subjected to.
If the fund has been managed with complete integrity, an independent audit should be welcomed.
If transparency is treated as a threat, that itself answers the question and more so after the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Theft where suspicion points towards PMO.
Opacity is not a virtue. Accountability is.
Indian Youth Congress Bharat Mandapam protest | Delhi Police shares picture of Narsimha, National Coordinator of Indian Youth Congress, one of the person detained in the matter.
Indian Youth Congress Bharat Mandapam protest | Delhi Police shares picture of Narsimha, National Coordinator of Indian Youth Congress, one of the person detained in the matter.
Indian Youth Congress Bharat Mandapam protest | Delhi Police shares picture of Narsimha, National Coordinator of Indian Youth Congress, one of the person detained in the matter.