Editing Natwar Singh (section)

===Oil-for-Food scandal===
Singh assumed office on 23 May 2004 as India's minister of external affairs. On 27 October 2005, while Singh was abroad on an official visit, the [[Paul Volcker Committee|Independent Inquiry Committee]] headed by [[Paul Volcker]] released the report on its investigation of corruption in the [[Oil-for-Food Programme]]. It included statements that India's Congress Party and Singh's family were non-contractual and corrupt beneficiaries of the Oil-for-Food Programme.<ref>{{cite news|title=Volcker Report names Natwar Singh and his family as "beneficiaries"|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/29/stories/2005102923960100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031034552/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/29/stories/2005102923960100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2005|access-date=30 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 October 2005}}</ref> Anil Mathrani, then Indian Ambassador to Croatia and formerly a close aide to Singh, alleged that Singh had used an official visit to Iraq to procure oil coupons for his son, [[Jagat Singh (politician)|Jagat Singh]], from [[Saddam Hussein|Saddam's]] regime.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Onkar|title=Natwar Singh resigns from Union Cabinet|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/06volcker10.htm|access-date=30 May 2011|newspaper=rediff News|date=6 December 2005|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312005115/http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/06volcker10.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 March 2006, the [[Enforcement Directorate]] (ED) announced that it had traced a sum of eighty million rupees that had been transferred from the bank account of [[London]]-based [[Indian diaspora|Non-Resident Indian]] (NRI) businessman and family relative of Singh, Aditya Khanna, the son of businessman [[Vipin Khanna]], to his own NRI account in a [[Delhi]] bank.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Richard |last2=McKenzie |first2=Nick |date=16 August 2010 |title=Money in the bag - Indian trade links under scrutiny |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/money-in-the-bag--indian-trade-links-under-scrutiny-20100815-125au.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> The amount was later withdrawn and allegedly distributed among Indian beneficiaries of the reported scam.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Thakur|first=Pradeep|title=Oil-for-food: ED traces Rs 8-cr to Delhi bank|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Oil-for-food-ED-traces-Rs-8-cr-to-Delhi-bank/articleshow/1464457.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-03-26/india/27799357_1_oil-for-food-bank-accounts-aditya-khanna|url-status=live|archive-date=14 June 2012|access-date=30 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 March 2006}}</ref>

Singh was suspended by the Congress in 2006.<ref name="d796"/>