New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday opposed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, saying that the bill should not have been introduced, arguing that NGOs have played a major role in providing education and other services in tribal and economically disadvantaged areas.

Speaking to ANI, Yadav said that the voluntary organisations and missionaries had carried out extensive work in areas such as Jharkhand and Gujarat's Dang region.

"This bill should never have been brought. The amount of work done by NGOs in Jharkhand, Gujarat's Dang area, and other tribal areas in the country has not been done by many governments till now," Yadav said.

He said that the restrictions affecting such org...