Friday, March 22, 2024

India's poll funding data links companies to political parties for the first time

Weeks ahead of a national election, data revealed by the country's poll commission shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party received millions of dollars from big corporations in the last five years.

The data, which links donors to political parties for the first time, was revealed after the Supreme Court scrapped a controversial anonymous poll funding scheme last month.

It said the scheme was opaque and encouraged corruption.

Neha Poonia has more.

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