US President Donald Trump's remark that his country spent $21m to boost voter turnout in India's elections has triggered a political slugfest in the country. He made the remark days after a team led by Elon Musk said it had cancelled the payout as part of its crackdown on a US agency providing foreign aid.

USAID's official records confirm that no projects funded by the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening have been implemented in India since 2008

The controversy surrounding the now-cancelled $21-million (Rs 182 crore) grant for voter turnout in India by the Elon Musk-led Doge continues to snowball. The attention has now turned to USAID’s former India mission director,

Veena Reddy, an American diplomat of Andhra Pradesh origin, made history as the first Indian-American to lead USAID in India and Bhutan.

Speaking at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump questioned the rationale behind the expenditure

Without presenting any evidence, US President Donald Trump claimed that federal funding to improve voter turnout in India was “a kickback scheme"

MIAMI, FL (ANI)- At the FII PRIORITY Summit here, President Donald Trump criticized the U.S. government’s decision to allocate $21 million for voter turnout efforts in India, comparing it to concerns over foreign interference in American elections.