been criticised for receiving funds from Sonia Gandhi led PMNRF, a fund set up by public donations. Donations from Zakir Naik In September 2016, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation had received donations from Zakir Naik in 2011 despite the government having had expressed security concern with regard to Naik's TV channel. Later, a congress spokesperson claimed that the Rs 50 lakhs were returned. Donations from the Chinese government In June 2020, the BJP accused the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation of accepting a donation of $300,000 from the Chinese government during 2005-06 which congress claims that is in response to the Congress' criticisms of the government's handling of the 2020 Ladakh standoff, and questioned whether it was a “bribe” for lobbying for a free trade agreement between India and China which, according to Ravi Shankar Prasad, lead to a 33% increase in trade deficit between India and China under the congress government. The foundation also had links to a Chinese united front organization called the China Association for International Friendly Contact. Investigations Inter-Ministerial Committee In 2020, Ministry of Home Affairs set up an inter-ministerial committee headed by the special director of the Enforcement Department to coordinate investigation into violation of various legal provisions of PMLA, Income Tax Act, FCRA and other provisions by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation along with the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. The committee will consist of the representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and Income Tax Department.. References Foundations based in India Memorials to Rajiv Gandhi Social welfare charities