Defamatory rant: Pawan Khera's wife denies Congress foreign funding nexus claim

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• It identifies her as a Congress Working Committee member and former vice-president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, and links her to a Delhi-based organisation called PROTO. According to the post, PROTO was founded in 2018 by fellows of the US-based International Center for Journalists and later became a partner for its South Asia operations.
• The account claims that journalism programmes linked to ICFJ channel funds from Western governments, foundations and media-linked institutions into India, promoting narratives critical of the BJP-led central government.
• The thread further alleges that since 2017, Neelima has been associated with multiple platforms, including the Institute of Perception Studies, Rate The Debate, Hakku Initiative and StudioAdda.
• It claims these platforms hosted journalists critical of the BJP and may have influenced selections for foreign-funded journalism projects.
• No documents or official records have been made public to support these assertions. BROADER POLITICAL ALLEGATIONSThe post goes on to allege ideological and organisational links between PROTO’s founders and Jamaat-e-Islami-linked initiatives, suggesting a coordinated division of roles involving foreign-funded journalism, political opposition narratives and Islamist mobilisation.