US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by billionaire Elon Musk announced a series of expenditure cuts. The DOGE in a post on X on Saturday announced cancelling many programmes costing hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars. The list included USD 486 million in grants to the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening including USD 21 million for \”voter turnout in India\” Former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi said there was in fact an MOU with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) IFES in 2012, when he was the CEC. He said the MoU in fact made it clear in black and white that there would be no financial and legal obligation of any kind on either side. He claimed that the now cancelled programme was a pointer to the previous Congress-led UPA government allegedly enabling infiltration of Indian institutions by forces opposed to the country’s interests. \”This definitely is external interference in India’s electoral process. Who gains from this? Not the ruling party for sure!\” the BJP’s IT department head said on X.
US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by billion….
