‘Oceans of money’ diverted to PM Cares Fund, says plea in SC

There is compelling need for transparency and accountability in Fund’s affairs, it says

An appeal challenging the legality of the PM Cares Fund in the Supreme Court has alleged that “oceans of money” are being diverted from Ministries, government agencies, departments, etc, to the fund as “contributions” every day. Petitioner Divya Pal Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, alleged that “unimaginable and unfathomable amounts of public money is pumped unabatedly everyday, into the coffers of the Fund”. “Shockingly, the money even from government-controlled funds such as ‘Assistance related to Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster’ meant for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, has not been spared and is also being drained into the said Fund,” the petition, drawn by a group of young lawyers Rajesh Inamdar, Shashwat Anand, Jawad Ur Rehman, Ashutosh Mani Tripathi, Syed Ahmed Faizan Mohd Kumail Haider and Amit Pai, said.