Jaishankar Reacts To USAID Row: 'If There’s Something To It, Country Should Know'

Last Updated:February 22, 2025, 20:19 IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the "country should know who the people are involved in" USAID row

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calls USAID funding row "worrisome". (Source: PTI)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday for the first time spoke about the allegations levied by former US President Donald Trump against USAID’s $21 million funding for ‘voter turnout in India’.

The minister called the accusations “worrisome" and said that “if there’s something to it, then the country should know who the people are involved in it."

While speaking at the Delhi University Literature Festival, EAM Jaishankar said, “Some information has been put out there by the Trump administration people, and obviously, that is concerning… I think, as a government, we’re looking into it. My sense is that the facts will come out…USAID was allowed here in good faith, to do good faith activities; now, suggestions are being laid out from America that there are activities which are in bad faith. It’s worrisome, and if there’s something to it, then the country should know who the people are involved in it."

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