Assamโ€™s senior advocate has blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the allegations of foreign funding having โ€˜terror linksโ€™ levelled by NGO-Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) against Ajmal Foundation.

Dispur Police have registered a case against Ajmal Foundation, the charity organisation headed by Lok Sabha MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal after an FIR was lodged by Assamโ€™s Hindu right-wing leader Satya Ranjan Borah.

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The case has been lodged on the basis of a report by NGO-Legal Rights Observatory (LRO).

Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) is a legal rights organisation affiliated to the Hindu right-wing nationalist organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The NGO is led by Vinay Joshi, a former RSS worker.

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The LRO tweeted: โ€œ#FCRAViolation Ajmal Foundation of @BadruddinAjmal got Rs 69.55 Cr for educn, used only Rs 2.05 Cr for it, rest routed for #AIUDF, to counter @himantabiswaโ€™s #Hindutva juggernaut, #Turkish n UK terror grps funded it in crores! Wrote @HMOIndia for #FCRA cancellationโ€.

The NGO also wrote: โ€œNeedless to say why Ajmal Foundation has spent just 2.5% of its foreign donations on actual cause of education (for which it received) n you would come to know where did rest money go!โ€

โ€œIf anyone has to be arrested first for the allegations raised by NGO-Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) related to suspected foreign funding sources against Ajmal Foundation and Markazul Maโ€™ariff, the NGOs run by AIUDF chief and MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, then it should be the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and not Ajmal,โ€ said senior advocate Zaman.

While interacting with the media at HAMM Hospital in Hojai on Wednesday, Zaman said:  โ€œAll the fundings have to be cleared under strict norms of the Centre and state government.โ€

โ€œThey have many intelligence agencies, who keep close eyes on all such activities. Then what are they doing? Is it not their responsibility?โ€ Zaman said.

Zaman said, โ€œAIUDF and Ajmal CSR are completely different. For some political gains, no one should drag both to the same board just to malign their images.โ€

He said the NGOs have to adhere to a proper system and have to submit audit reports along with many other documents every three months.

โ€œIf Ajmal CSR has not submitted those documents, then the Central government is free to take appropriate action against them. But itโ€™s not right to malign the image of an NGO publicly, which always stands to help the needy ones. It will only hamper the underprivileged ones,โ€ the senior advocate said.

He further said, โ€œAssam is a land of Sankardeva and Ajaan Pakhir, but unfortunately some people like Satya Ranjan Borah donโ€™t have any idea about this. They only know how to spread disharmony in the name of religion.โ€

โ€œThere are hundreds of cases against such kind of leaders but due to the backing of Sonowal government, no action is ever taken against them for their controversial statements,โ€ Zaman added.

He also said, โ€œThere must be a proper investigation into the suspected foreign funding case before drawing any conclusion. Itโ€™s just an allegation.โ€