The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has termed the claims 'extremely troubling' and said relevant departments are investigating the matter.
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00:00Alright, we are going straight across to this press conference, which is being held right now from the AMEA and this has got to do with the
00:06Allegations doing the rounds as far as the funding in India in USA funding is concerned listen in
00:30What you don't
00:32that you know
00:34the Jashankar
00:35Mr. Jashankar was briefed on the Riyadh summit and now we are seeing that there are some differences between Ukraine and the US administration
00:43So, how does India look at the normalization of relations between a step towards normalization of relations between US and Russia?
00:53So the second question is regard in regards to the meeting between the Brazilian foreign minister and Jashankar
00:59So was the threat of imposing tariffs on BRICS countries was that discussed during the meeting? Thank you, sir
01:09Okay, Keshav
01:13So, thank you, good evening Keshav from the print just associating with what was asked earlier
01:20When discussions with the Brazilian foreign minister took place as well as when he and Jashankar called upon the president of South Africa
01:28Was BRICS's future discussed given that the US President Donald Trump said that BRICS is dead and has been
01:36attacking the regional bloc at various levels over the last few months and
01:42Secondly continuing with the question of the meeting with Mr. Lathoff
01:46did India
01:48Take any position with regards to bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the table given the Riyadh summit did not have the participation of Ukraine
01:55Thank you, sir
01:59Sir, I am Prakash Dubey from New Zealand
02:01My question is
02:03I am living in America illegally
02:05The Indians who are being sent back
02:07Some pictures have been sent to Panama
02:09Who have been released
02:11What is the information about that?
02:13Secondly, the way they were sent before the military aircraft
02:15Many opposition parties in the parliament
02:17raised objections in the country
02:19There is also opposition to that
02:21So the Indian government said that they will talk to the US
02:23What is the information about that?
02:25Because even now the same kind of
02:27behavior is being used
02:29They are being sent back illegally
02:31Thank you
02:36Okay, Mr. Mukesh
02:38Look
02:40On the issue of USAID
02:42I have made you aware of it
02:44And
02:46It has been said that there are many
02:48Units in the Indian government
02:50that work with USAID
02:52There are many ministries
02:54So
02:56The ministries and agencies
02:58that work with USAID
03:00are looking at this issue
03:02So when we get an update
03:04we will share it with you
03:26Heartfelt condolences
03:28to the grieving family
03:30The government of India
03:32as you know, accords high priority
03:34to the
03:36safety, security and well-being
03:38of all international students in our country
03:40MEA has been in constant touch
03:42with the Odisha government
03:44and KIT authorities
03:48Going straight across to Shashank
03:50Mattu for more details on that
03:52Shashank, just give us the highlights
03:54What has now been said by the government
03:56by the MEA as far as the allegations
03:58of the USAID to India is concerned
04:00given the big bone of contention
04:02it has become in India
04:04What we are seeing
04:06is the Ministry of External Affairs
04:08saying that it has seen information
04:10that the United States government has put out
04:12regarding some of these activities
04:14about 21 million dollars being granted
04:16by the United States government
04:18to a consortium of US non-profits
04:20thanks to a voter turnout in India
04:22The Ministry of External Affairs
04:24until then had not commented on this matter before
04:26but then President Donald Trump got involved
04:28and said that in fact this may have been used
04:30to elect other political parties
04:32that the previous government in America
04:34did not want the return of the Modi government
04:36and therefore he insinuated
04:38this was political interference of some kind
04:40The Ministry of External Affairs has now responded
04:42and said that this is extremely troubling
04:44and has raised concerns about foreign interference
04:46in India's internal affairs
04:48The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
04:50said that there are going to be relevant departments
04:52and agencies looking into the matter
04:54but they also said that it would be premature
04:56to comment at this stage
04:58because we have also seen a report
05:00this morning in some of the media
05:02stating that in fact the 21 million dollars
05:04never went to India, it went to Bangladesh instead
05:06and this was an error on the part of the United States government
05:08So at this point in time the MEA is quite right
05:10in saying that look, we need to get to the bottom of this
05:12but at this point in time the MEA says this is concerning
05:14so we don't want to make a premature comment
05:16at this point in time
05:18Shashank, in fact Shashank continues to be with us
05:24Shashank, you know I also want to ask you
05:26about the specific response of the MEA
05:30as far as the situation vis-a-vis
05:34the student from Nepal
05:36and the unfortunate death of the student
05:38is also concerned
05:40What has been the government's response?
05:42Yes, the Ministry of External Affairs
05:44has expressed its condolences
05:46for the death of Prakshri Lansal
05:48who was a 21-year-old student
05:50who passed away in Odisha
05:52of course after that we saw
05:54significant problems
05:56with how the university administration
05:58dealt with foreign students
06:00especially from Nepal
06:02Shashank, I'm just coming back to you
06:04in a second from now
06:06listening to what the MEA has had to say
06:08as far as the allegations of the UN aid is concerned
06:10On the issue of US aid
06:12what I wanted to say
06:14is that the UN has informed us
06:16and it has been said that
06:18there are a lot of units in the Indian government
06:20that work with the US aid
06:22there are several ministries
06:24so all the ministries
06:26and the agencies
06:28working with this
06:30are looking at this issue
06:32so when we receive an update
06:34we will share it with you