Bjp Corporate Funds

Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday claimed that as per reports Mumbai civic wards held by the Bharatiya Janata Party will get most of the funds allotted in the recent budget of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of withholding funds to the municipal corporation, the BJP leader claimed that his party has ensured that funds will now come to the corporation directly from the government

So far we have received 25 lakh applications from the investors (seeking their money back), according to which this scam is of around Rs 6,500 crore, he said.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Leaders and workers of the BJP's Delhi unit and the party's frontal organisations on Friday staged protests near residences of ministers of the Kejriwal government over the municipal corporation funds issue.

Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation employees' demand for bringing all facts pertaining to the Employees' Provident Fund scam was justified and the BJP government should give an account of every penny.

A former top official with Uttar Pradesh's power department was arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday morning amid a political tussle over an alleged Rs 2,500-crore scam involving the Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), a private firm accused of money laundering and financial irregularities. Two other officials were taken into custody a few days ago.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday demanded a probe by a sitting high court judge into the investment of over Rs 2,600 crore of UP power corporation employees' provident fund in scam-hit housing finance firm DHFL.

National political parties in India were funded almost entirely by India Inc and a lion's share of these went to the BJP, according to data shared with the Election Commission for Financial Year 2017-18.

The Orwellian script in the months to come is predictable. Corporate funding for the BJP will continue unabated. For everyone else - each time a company goes to a bank and buys a bond for say, 1 crore, and fills a KYC disclosure form, the details will be passed onto the RBI. The central government, the Finance Ministry and its allied arms such as t...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that demonetisation has destroyed black money, terror funding and human and drug trafficking, all in one stroke. Addressing the BJP's 'parivartan maharally' in poll-bound Uttarakhand, PM Modi hit back at Rahul Gandhi's charge of helping big corporates and the rich and said, his government is focused on wo...

A scuffle involving an AAP-backed Dalit councillor and BJP members today broke out at the "joint session" of three BJP-ruled municipal corporations which passed a resolution slamming Kejriwal government for "not giving" funds to the civic bodies.

Dare you to reveal donors' names, writes Ashutosh.

All of last week, BJP president Nitin Gadkari was the focused target of Arvind Kejriwal's anti-corruption expose. Political opponents seized the opportunity to level charges of their own, accusing Mr Gadkari of using shell companies to fund his business, and of receiving investments from contractors. Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh told ...

Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday claimed that as per reports Mumbai civic wards held by the Bharatiya Janata Party will get most of the funds allotted in the recent budget of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of withholding funds to the municipal corporation, the BJP leader claimed that his party has ensured that funds will now come to the corporation directly from the government

So far we have received 25 lakh applications from the investors (seeking their money back), according to which this scam is of around Rs 6,500 crore, he said.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Leaders and workers of the BJP's Delhi unit and the party's frontal organisations on Friday staged protests near residences of ministers of the Kejriwal government over the municipal corporation funds issue.

Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation employees' demand for bringing all facts pertaining to the Employees' Provident Fund scam was justified and the BJP government should give an account of every penny.

A former top official with Uttar Pradesh's power department was arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday morning amid a political tussle over an alleged Rs 2,500-crore scam involving the Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), a private firm accused of money laundering and financial irregularities. Two other officials were taken into custody a few days ago.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday demanded a probe by a sitting high court judge into the investment of over Rs 2,600 crore of UP power corporation employees' provident fund in scam-hit housing finance firm DHFL.

National political parties in India were funded almost entirely by India Inc and a lion's share of these went to the BJP, according to data shared with the Election Commission for Financial Year 2017-18.

The Orwellian script in the months to come is predictable. Corporate funding for the BJP will continue unabated. For everyone else - each time a company goes to a bank and buys a bond for say, 1 crore, and fills a KYC disclosure form, the details will be passed onto the RBI. The central government, the Finance Ministry and its allied arms such as t...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that demonetisation has destroyed black money, terror funding and human and drug trafficking, all in one stroke. Addressing the BJP's 'parivartan maharally' in poll-bound Uttarakhand, PM Modi hit back at Rahul Gandhi's charge of helping big corporates and the rich and said, his government is focused on wo...

A scuffle involving an AAP-backed Dalit councillor and BJP members today broke out at the "joint session" of three BJP-ruled municipal corporations which passed a resolution slamming Kejriwal government for "not giving" funds to the civic bodies.

Dare you to reveal donors' names, writes Ashutosh.

All of last week, BJP president Nitin Gadkari was the focused target of Arvind Kejriwal's anti-corruption expose. Political opponents seized the opportunity to level charges of their own, accusing Mr Gadkari of using shell companies to fund his business, and of receiving investments from contractors. Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh told ...