<p>New Delhi: BJP member Nishikant Dubey on Monday demanded that the government probe organisations funded by USAID in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/top-india-news">India</a>, alleging that most such outfits worked to create unrest in the country and had links with the Congress party.</p>.<p>Raising the issue during Zero Hour in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, Dubey claimed the USAID funded organisations carried out protests against the Agniveer initiative of the government, backed caste census, and supported naxalism in the country.</p>.<p>Several Congress members rose in protest against Dubey’s remarks and sought to raise a point of order in the Lok Sabha, but were disallowed by presiding officer Sandhya Ray who said such provisions do not apply to Zero Hour proceedings.</p>.Credit Guarantee Fund scheme benefitted 6.78 lakh students till 2024: Pradhan.<p>Dubey said US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> has shut down USAID which spent money only to bring down governments all over the world.</p>.<p>Later, Congress members met Speaker Om Birla to register their objections to Dubey being allowed to make unsubstantiated claims in the House.</p>.<p>Congress member Saptagiri Ulaka from Koraput raised the issue of railway connectivity in south Odisha.</p>.<p>Congress member Mohammad Jawed from Kishanganj in Bihar demanded that the Surjapuri community be included in the central list of OBCs.</p>.<p>Congress member Namdeo Kirsan from Gadchiroli-Chimur in Maharashtra demanded that the central pension scheme for old artistes be reinstated.</p>.<p>BJP member Bhartruhari Mahtab from Cuttack in Odisha demanded that freedom fighters be given free first class pass to travel in Vande Bharat trains.</p>.<p>Shiv Sena-UBT member Arvind Sawant demanded erecting a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the premises of the Central Railway Headquarters in Mumbai. </p>
<p>New Delhi: BJP member Nishikant Dubey on Monday demanded that the government probe organisations funded by USAID in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/top-india-news">India</a>, alleging that most such outfits worked to create unrest in the country and had links with the Congress party.</p>.<p>Raising the issue during Zero Hour in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, Dubey claimed the USAID funded organisations carried out protests against the Agniveer initiative of the government, backed caste census, and supported naxalism in the country.</p>.<p>Several Congress members rose in protest against Dubey’s remarks and sought to raise a point of order in the Lok Sabha, but were disallowed by presiding officer Sandhya Ray who said such provisions do not apply to Zero Hour proceedings.</p>.Credit Guarantee Fund scheme benefitted 6.78 lakh students till 2024: Pradhan.<p>Dubey said US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> has shut down USAID which spent money only to bring down governments all over the world.</p>.<p>Later, Congress members met Speaker Om Birla to register their objections to Dubey being allowed to make unsubstantiated claims in the House.</p>.<p>Congress member Saptagiri Ulaka from Koraput raised the issue of railway connectivity in south Odisha.</p>.<p>Congress member Mohammad Jawed from Kishanganj in Bihar demanded that the Surjapuri community be included in the central list of OBCs.</p>.<p>Congress member Namdeo Kirsan from Gadchiroli-Chimur in Maharashtra demanded that the central pension scheme for old artistes be reinstated.</p>.<p>BJP member Bhartruhari Mahtab from Cuttack in Odisha demanded that freedom fighters be given free first class pass to travel in Vande Bharat trains.</p>.<p>Shiv Sena-UBT member Arvind Sawant demanded erecting a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the premises of the Central Railway Headquarters in Mumbai. </p>