Donation row: BJYM protests at Cong youth wing office

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Activists of BJP’s youth wingtoday protested outside the office of Indian Youth Congresshere, demanding answer from the latter over controversialIslamic preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO donating Rs 50 lakh to anallied entity of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Holding placards and shouting slogans, the members ofBharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) gathered outside the officeof Congress’ youth wing at Raisina Road. The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), founded by Naik,had donated Rs 50 lakh to Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust(RGCT), an associate entity of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, in2011 but the amount was returned to IRF by RGCT in July thisyear. The IRF is embroiled in a controversy because ofallegations that Naik was inciting youths for terror. BJP has earlier alleged that the donation to RGF, headedby Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, by Naik’s NGO was a "bribe" to"shelter" his "anti-national" activities. Congress had accused the government of hatching a "venalconspiracy of muckraking" to "slander, malign and defame" theparty over Rs 50 lakh donation. PTI SLB KIS RTKIS