Donations, electoral trusts and bonds, campaign expenditure, undisclosed funds, beneficial ownership, disclosure and political-finance reform.
Political parties are often able to exercise supreme power with impunity, even while blatantly defying statutory authorities. A dictionary defines ‘sovereignty’ as “the quality or the state of being sovereign,…
No one will know who has donated how much to which political party. Are electoral bonds truly transparent? Join the discussion with Congress MP Rajeev Gowda, BJP Leader Seshadri Chari,…
Debate 1: Are electoral bonds actually transparent? Join the discussion with Congress MP Rajeev Gowda, BJP Leader Seshadri Chari, Jagdeep Chhokar. Debate 2: Will the new IBC regime fast-track or…
Salman Soz, Narendra Taneja & Jagdeep Chhokar speak to BloombergQuint's Tamanna Inamdar.
Contrary to the finance minister’s assurance in the Budget speech, amendments to the Finance Bill ensuring anonymity to the donor as well as the receiver will only add opacity to…
The Finance Minister has redefined these terms and now there’s a completely opaque system of political funding in place. This is the question that the Finance Minister has placed squarely…