'Zakir Naik's 50 Lakh Donation A Bribe To Shelter Him': BJP Targets Congress | Read
The BJP today hit out at the Congress for having received a Rs. 50 lakh donation from the Islamic Research Foundation, an NGO belonging to controversial televangelist Zakir's Naik. According to Home Ministry officials, which have put Mr Naik's Islamic Research Foundation under 'Prior Category list', the NGO had given donations to an allied entity of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation called Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in 2011 which helps promote girl education and provides money to the poor for meeting hospital expenses.
