New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) economic wing Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Monday (September 2) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the award to be given to him by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. PM Modi is set to receive the award by the foundation for the Swachh Bharat campaign this month during his visit to the United States for his work with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

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Stating that there are severe allegations against Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of conducting illegal and unethical medical trials to foster their business, Swadeshi Jagran Manch's (SJM) co-convener Ashwani Mahajan requested the Prime Minister to reconsider the award.

Ashwani Mahajan, in a tweet, alleged that BMGF has a "shady past" and added that "it is doing business in the guise of philanthropy".

“Request to PM Shri @narendramodi to reconsider this award, given shady past of BMGF. BMGF is no philanthropist, they are doing business in the guise of philanthropy. They are also under severe allegations of conducting illegal and unethical medical trials to foster their business,” he said.


Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is owned by billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates.  In January, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to Twitter to congratulate India on Thursday on the first 100 days of the Narendra Modi government's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat Yojana.