West Bengal | The Missionaries of Charity said on Monday that the Union Home Ministry has not ordered freezing of any of his bank accounts. This statement from the Missionaries of Charity comes at a time when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that after the Union Home Ministry has frozen all the bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.
The charity, founded by Mother Teresa, issued a clarification saying that her Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration "has neither been suspended nor revoked." "We would like to clarify that the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity has neither been suspended nor revoked," the charity said in a statement. Apart from this, the Ministry of Home Affairs has not ordered any of our bank accounts to be frozen.
The clarification came after a statement by the Union Home Ministry in which it said that the application for renewal of FCRA registration was rejected on December 25 for not fulfilling the eligibility conditions under FCRA 2010 and Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules 2011. "No request has been received from the Missionaries of Charity for review of the decision to reject the renewal application," according to the Home Ministry statement.
Had himself requested to freeze the accounts
The registration of the Missionaries of Charity under the FCRA was valid till October 31, 2021. The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the validity was extended till December 31, 2021. "The Union Home Ministry did not freeze any account of the MoC. State Bank of India has informed that the MoC itself had sent a request to SBI to freeze its accounts," the ministry said.
Mamta Banerjee had claimed
Earlier, Mamata Banerjee claimed that all bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity were frozen by the Centre. Expressing grief on Twitter, the Trinamool leader said 22,000 patients and staff of the Kolkata-based charity group were left without food and medicines following the Centre's alleged order. "While law is paramount, humanitarian efforts should not be compromised," he said.
BJP said- Apologize CM Mamta
BJP has asked Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee to apologize on this whole matter. Leader of Opposition in the state Suvendu Adhikari said, "Our CM used social media unethically. My demand is very clear, he should tender an unconditional apology to the country. Mamata Banerjee's intention is completely concocted and malicious." "