Amar Singh donated $5 million to Clinton Foundation

Washington: A forthcoming book has raised questions whether former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was a conduit for powerful interests in India pushing for approval of the Indo-US nuclear deal because of the donations made by him and some organisations to the Clinton Foundation in 2008.

The New York Post referred to the book Clinton Cash and said that the Clinton Foundation received between $1 million and $5 million in 2008 from Singh. In its report, the Post said the 2008 donation by Singh was made as the US Congress debated the approval of the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal.

Hillary Clinton, who was then Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus and an eminent Senator, supported the bill, which was passed by the Congress with an overwhelming majority.

The book’s author, Peter Schweizer, speculates whether Singh was a conduit for other powerful interests in India pushing for approval of the nuclear deal.

“If true, that meant Mr Singh had given between 20 and 100 per cent of his entire net worth to the Clinton Foundation!” Schweitzer says in the book according to The Post.

In New Delhi, telephone calls to Mr Singh to seek his reaction went unanswered. However, both the Clinton Foundation and her campaign have strongly refuted the suggestions of any wrongdoings and have maintained that there was transparency in receiving donations for the foundation's public cause.