NEW DELHI: Within weeks of the Madras high court validating the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering probe against India’s biggest political donor Santiago Martin, better known as ‘lottery king’, the agency on Thursday carried out searches at 20 premises of the accused and his associates across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab. Martin and his…
The govt on Friday told the Lok Sabha that it had no plans to bring any law regarding electoral bonds for the funding of political parties, while replying to questions on electoral bonds. The govt added it had no plans for an alternative funding proposal to the electoral bonds either, for the political parties.Trinamool Congress…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas seeking Special Investigation Team probe into the alleged instances of quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through electoral bonds donations.The PILs had demanded an SIT probe led by a retired judge into the alleged money trail and quid pro quo in award…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and candidate from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi on Friday employed a novel technique to capture public attention.The Congress party posted a video featuring Rahul Gandhi on X (formerly Twitter), where he can be seen interacting with his pet dog.Rahul Gandhi began by capturing attention with, “Now that I have your focus, I’d…
WAYANAD: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the Electoral bonds the “biggest extortion scheme” of the world, adding that PM Modi is the mastermind behind it.The remarks of Rahul Gandhi came after Prime Minister Modi in an interview to ANI accused the opposition parties of “spreading lies” over the electoral bonds scheme, which has…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader took a jibe at the recent ED raids calling the Enforcement Directorate- ‘Extortion Directorate’.In a rally in Telangana where the Congress also launched its Manifesto, Rahul Gandhi said, “Today ED has become Extortion Directorate. BJP is running the world’s biggest washing machine. The country’s most corrupt leaders are standing with Narendra…
NEW DELHI: A day after getting a notice from the Election Commission, Delhi minister Atishi on Saturday urged the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to disclose actions taken against BJP leaders regarding alleged money laundering cases.At a press conference in New Delhi, the senior AAP leader criticized the Election Commission accusing it of favoring the Bharatiya Janata…
NEW DELHI: In a show of combativeness designed to amplify the charge of corruption and cronyism against the Modi govt, Congress has promised to investigate Rafale deal, demonetisation, Pegasus spyware purchase and electoral bonds scheme, and committed to act against those who made “illegal gains” through this “cloak of corruption”.Also, Congress announced it will probe…
MUMBAI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday denied there was any quid pro quo in contributions to BJP through electoral bonds (EBs) and raids on corporates by ED.In response to a question at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai, Sitharaman dismissed such allegations as loose talk. “Linking it (buying of bonds)…
