India: The Missionaries of Charity bank account freeze by Rahul Sadhukhan
The Missionaries of Charity on Monday said the Union home ministry has not ordered a freeze on any of its bank accounts after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged the same. The charity, founded by Mother Teresa, issued a clarification saying the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration has been “neither suspended nor canceled.”
“We would like to clarify that the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity has been neither suspended nor canceled. Further there is no freeze ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs on any of our bank accounts,” the statement read. The clarification followed a statement by the Union home ministry in which it said the application for the renewal of FCRA registration was refused on December 25 for not meeting the eligibility conditions under the FCRA 2010 and Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules 2011. The ministry added that no request or revision application was received for review of the refusal of renewal.
“MHA did not freeze any accounts of MoC. State Bank of India has informed that MoC itself sent a request to SBI to freeze its accounts,” the ministry stated.
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