Extracts:Quote: "But efforts to investigate the VHP's foreign funding have been thwarted. In a 1999 article, Om Prakash Tiwari documents a distressing "missing" file of the VHP. He writes: "The corridors of power in Delhi have mysteriously suppressed a file of the Income Tax Department which was investigating into the fund of Rs 300 crore ($ 62.5 million USD) coming from NRIs allegedly received by VHP. The Income Tax Commsioner Mr. Vishwa Bandhu Gupta said that VHP have received ample amount from abroad.ยจ (from South Asia Citizens web)
According to Indian Income Tax laws, any religious trust needs to submit its account for governmental review each year. Section 11 of the Income Tax Act prohibits the classification of any organization that spreads religious or caste doctrine as charitable. Each recipient of foreign aid must spend 75% of the funds in the same year it was received. (ibid) The "missing" file prevented the Income Commissioner from auditing the records of the VHP. Since then, the Income Commissioner has been unable to make a case against the VHP. The Commissioner made four notable conclusions: 1) the VHP and BJP are not separate bodies and should be treated as one entity; 2) the VHP did not have any accounts of its expenditure-income; and 3) the construction of a temple (in Ayoodha) is not a social work; and 4) the VHP did not file any return which would determine where it received the large quantity of funds. (ibid) Where then is the money coming from? Below is my effort to trace both the roots--and the funds-of the Sangh Parivar abroad. " Unquote. http://www.sabrang.com/news/zahirsajad.htm Regards, Marshall
