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Is Electoral Bond Scheme Unconstitutional? What Supreme Court Has To Say

Snehashish RoyFebruary 15, 20240

On February 15, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional. The scheme allowed individuals and corporations to donate money to political parties anonymously by purchasing electoral bonds from the State Bank of India (SBI). The SBI had sole access to the details of those who purchased electoral bonds, and any unencashed bonds were to be deposited in the Prime Minister Relief Fund. The scheme was introduced in 2017 by then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as a solution to the issue of opacity in political parties’ funding. However, it was challenged in court by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and NGOs Common Cause and ADR. The court raised several issues in its verdict. Firstly, it held that the electoral bond scheme violated t...

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BJP Among Richest National Political Parties In 2019-2020, SP Richest Regional Party: ADR Report

Sonia SolankiJanuary 29, 20220

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report reveals that the richest political party in India for the year 2019-2020 is BJP. What is more interesting is that the second position is taken by the BSP, followed by Congress. The worth of the BJP as per the ADR report is Rs 4,847.78 crore. The value of BSP is estimated at Rs 698.33 crore, followed by Congress at Rs 588.16 crore. The assets calculated by ADR include the seven national parties and 44 regional parties all over the country. The Seven National parties include the BJP, the BSP, the Congress, the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM), the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) as per their worth. ADR Report Details The report by ADR...

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16 Regional Parties Of The Country Took Donation Of Rs 24.779 Crore Without PAN Details!

Nitesh PratapNovember 2, 20210

In a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a group working towards reforms in the field of elections, about 16 regional parties in the country have provided information about receiving Rs 24.779 crore as donations without PAN details. According to the information given by the parties to the Election Commission of India, ECI, these regional parties have collected this amount from 1,026 donations during the year 2019-20. According to the ADR report, between the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20, in the amount received from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It has increased a lot. In the financial year 2019-20, the parties which had given information about the maximum donations. Among them, the...