Didn't freeze bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity: Home Ministry

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the Missionaries of Charitys application for renewal of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act FCRA registration was refused on December 25 for not meeting eligibility conditions as some adverse inputs were receivedIn a statement the MHA also said that it did not freeze any account of the Missionaries of Charity but State Bank of India has informed that the organisation itself sent a request to the bank to freeze its accountsHowever a statement signed by Sister M Prema Superior General of the famed missionary body set up by Mother Teresa did not clarify whether it had asked State Bank of India to freeze its accounts as claimed by the MHAWe would like to clarify that the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity has been neither suspended nor cancelled Further there is no freeze ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs on any of our bank accounts We have been informed that our FCRA renewal application has not been approved As a measure to ensure there is no lapse we have asked our centres not to operate any of the FC accounts until the matter is resolved ssaid the Missionaries of Charity in a statementRajya Sabha MP Derek OBrien however targeted the Centre and said they were intimidating the organistaionFirst the Government of India INTIMIDATES For weeks right through to December 25 And then they pile on the pressure to extract thisShame on the MHA and its shameless damage control tactics pictwittercomikSJtp9Qy5mdash Derek OBrien derekobrienmp December 27 2021The MHA statement came hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the Centre had frozen all bank accounts of the organisation founded by Mother TeresaShocked to hear that on Christmas Union Ministry FROZE ALL BANK ACCOUNTS of Mother Teresas Missionaries of Charity in India Their 22000 patients amp employees have been left without food amp medicines While the law is paramount humanitarian efforts must not be compromised Banerjee tweetedThe MHA said the application for the renewal of FCRA registration of MoC was refused on December 25 for not meeting the eligibility conditions under the FCRA 2010 and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules FCRR 2011No request or revision application has been received from Missionaries of Charity for review of this refusal of renewal the statement saidThe Missionaries of Charitys registration under the FCRA was valid up to October 31 2021The MHA said the validity was subsequently extended up to December 31 2021 along with other FCRA associations whose renewal applications were pending renewalHowever while considering the MoCs renewal application some adverse inputs were noticed In consideration of these inputs on record the renewal application of MoC was not approved the statement saidThe FCRA registration of MoC was valid up to December 31 2021 and the MHA did not freeze any account of the MoCThe State Bank of India has informed that MoC itself sent a request to SBI to freeze its accounts the statement saidThe Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother TeresaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever