A file picture of RJD MP from Buxar, Sudhakar Singh. Picture: Fb/Sudhakar Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Buxar, Sudhakar Singh, has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, urging the State authorities to right away disassociate all relations with Invoice Gates and his group citing issues linked to the Epstein scandal in the US.
In a letter despatched on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) and out there within the public area on Wednesday (February 18, 2026), Mr. Singh stated that the title of Invoice Gates, proprietor of Microsoft and chairman of the Invoice Gates & Melinda Gates Basis, has appeared within the Epstein Information.
“Paperwork launched by the U.S. authorities’s Justice Division element Invoice Gates’ relationship with Jeffrey. On this regard, his ex-wife and former Gates Basis coordinator, Melinda Gates, has expressed embarrassment and remorse,” Mr. Singh wrote within the letter.
He identified that protests are being raised worldwide in opposition to people related to Epstein, and they’re being excluded from public curiosity establishments and programmes.
“As a Member of Parliament from the state of Bihar, I used to be shocked to be taught that Invoice Gates’s group, the Gates Basis, is working with the Bihar authorities on many coverage issues, each formally and, in some circumstances, unofficially,”Mr. Singh acknowledged within the letter.
He additional stated, “It has additionally come to mild that people appointed by the Gates Basis are working as assistants to a number of senior IAS officers and departments of the Bihar authorities. They’re paid salaries of lakhs of rupees per 30 days by the Gates Basis and have quick access to info on key coverage selections and plans associated to varied departments of the Bihar authorities.”
He asserted that the deployment of people appointed by a international group within the places of work and departments raises questions concerning the coverage sovereignty of Bihar and the nation.
“The Gates Basis has a partnership with the Bihar authorities on a number of coverage features, however there isn’t a readability on its underlying goal. The aim of the Gates Basis-sponsored Middle for Well being and Agriculture Coverage in Patna and why info on state coverage issues and plans is being shared with the Gates Basis is a serious query,”Mr. Singh acknowledged.
He cautioned that the Chairman of the Gates Basis himself is below scrutiny for his involvement within the Epstein Information and sexual abuse allegations, it will be acceptable for the Bihar authorities to right away distance itself from Invoice Gates’s group, the Gates Basis, and in addition from the Middle for Well being and Agricultural Coverage run by him.
Mr. Singh additionally demanded {that a} thorough investigation must be performed on the senior IAS officers with whom the Gates Basis has appointed assistants, who’re paid lakhs of rupees.
He requested questions if Gates Basis representatives are working with senior IAS officers in Bihar, it must be clear what’s the authorized foundation for his or her appointment?
“Was this achieved by way of a clear course of below an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)? Are there sufficient safeguards for the sharing of delicate coverage info? Is that this having any antagonistic influence on the state authorities’s sovereign policy-making course of?”Mr. Singh requested.
“The involvement of a company of a sexual exploiter in coverage selections associated to the daughters of Bihar can by no means be accepted,”Mr. Singh stated within the letter.
Revealed – February 19, 2026 01:43 am IST
