Congress Crowd Funding Campaign: In Nagpur, Maharashtra, Congress sought donations for the party under Donation for the Country on the occasion of its foundation day. There was a time when Congress was the richest party in the country, but after coming to power in 2014, there has been a continuous decline in the party’s funds. 138 years have passed since the establishment of Congress. On this occasion, Congress, which enjoyed power for more than 60 years after independence, has started crowd funding under the ‘Donate for the Country’ campaign. Before…
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Validity Of Electoral Bonds Scheme Supreme Court To Examine Constitution Bench No Transparency Election Commission ANN
Challenging the Electoral Bond : The Supreme Court will hear the petitions challenging the electoral bonds in the third week of March. The petitioner has raised apprehensions of corruption in the system of electoral bonds created to give donations to political parties. However, the government has claimed that this has brought transparency in the process of political donations. What is electoral bond In 2017, the central government enacted the Electoral Bonds Act in the name of cleaning up the process of political donations. Under this, there is a provision to…
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