Topic: electoral trusts
Now we know who is behind the massive funding gap between BJP and Congress: the corporates
BJP’s rise in capturing more than 80 per cent of total donations and Congress’s decline are linked to how they tapped corporate money.
Prudent is India’s biggest political funding trust and it’s backed by Bharti Enterprises
Prudent, earlier known as Satya, drew in Rs 283.73 crore in corporate donations in 2016-17, and contributed over Rs 252 crore of it to the BJP alone.
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