The investigations will focus on the alleged violation of laws like the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Income Tax Act, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act by the Gandhi family-run trusts, said a Home Ministry tweet.

The special director of the Enforcement Directorate will head the committee, the Home Ministry said.

The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on June 21, 1991. The foundation works on a range of issues, including literacy, health, disability, empowerment of the underprivileged, livelihood and natural resource management. Its current focus areas are education, disability and natural resource management.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is the Chairperson of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram are members of the board.

The Centre’s move followed recent allegations launched by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Congress and the Gandhi family claiming that China had funded the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Last month, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, citing some documentary proof, sought an explanation from the Congress to explain why the Chinese Embassy donated about Rs 90 lakh to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

The Congress has denied any wrongdoing and calls the investigation “political vendetta”. the Congress had said that RGF issue raised by the BJP was a “manufactured charge” and “diversionary tactic” to deflect attention from the border tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China.

Last month, the ruling BJP accused the Congress of “brazen fraud”, alleging that when it was in power, the Manmohan Singh government donated money from the Prime Minister’s National relief Fund to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

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“On his death anniversary, tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi”, the Prime Minister said :

In his tribute, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that Rajiv Gandhi remembered his father as a “true patriot, liberal and philanthropic” who put the country on the path of progress.

“I am proud to be the son of a true patriot, liberal and philanthropic father. As Prime Minister, Rajiv ji has put the country on the path of progress. With his forward-looking empowerment he has taken necessary steps.

Today I am on his death anniversary I salute them with affection and gratitude,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

Rajiv Gandhi’s party, the Congress, also shared a small video of him on Twitter this morning.

The man who felt the pulse of a young India & steered us towards a brighter future. The man who understood the needs of the young & old and was loved by one and all,” it said.

Rajiv Gandhi dedicated his life towards empowering women and advocating for a more equal society, it said in another tweet.

In his tribute, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal remembered Rajiv Gandhi as a visionary and a caring and a kind human being.

“Remembering former Prime Minister Shri #RajivGandhi on his death anniversary. He was a visionary leader and a great human being. Rajiv ji’s vision and efforts to develop our nation will always be remembered,” Congress leader Naveen Jindal tweeted.

At 40 years, Rajiv Gandhi became the youngest Prime Minister of the country. He took over as the sixth Prime Minister after his mother Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur by a suicide bomber during an election campaign. His death anniversary is also observed as Anti-Terrorism Day.

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Having become involved in politics at the age of sixteen, Tripathi was one of the former aides of Ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He left the Indian National Congress over his opposition to Sonia Gandhi becoming Prime Minister because of her foreign origin. Deeply saddened to hear about the demise of Shri D.P Tripathi Ji,” Sule wrote He was the General Secretary of NCP, and a guide and mentor to all of us. We will miss his wise counsel and guidance which he had given us from the day NCP was established. May he rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers with his family members. Heartfelt Condolences, she added.

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