New Delhi, July 10 -- Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal on Friday accused the Union Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) and "weaponising" the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) against civil society organisations.

In an X post, Venugopal slammed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, stating that it prevents organisations from changing their scope of work or geography.

The Congress leader wrote, "In typical BJP fashion, HM Amit Shah has lied to the CBCI about FCRA and is wrongly deflecting blame to hide his government's culpability in weaponising the FCRA laws. In reality, the Modi Government has been hell-bent on using the FCRA to hara...