The question continuously arises. How much do political parties spend? Where do they get the funds from? How much money do parties mobilise?
In a country where more than three-fourths of Lok Sabha MPs are multi-millionaires, the money influence on politics needs a proper controlling mechanism.
In a surprising turn of events, the Election Commission has gone ahead and said that political parties are out of the ambit of the Right to Information Act which is contrary to the Central Information Commission’s directive bringing six national parties under the transparency law.
The poll panel’s order came amid a petition filed by Pune-based Vihar Dhuvre, who asked the details of the donations collected by six national parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bahujan Samaj Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India and Samajwadi Party through the newly introduced electoral bonds.
“Requisite information is not available in the Commission. This is related to political parties and they are out of the purview of the RTI. They may submit information of donation/amount collected through by Electoral bonds in their contribution report for the financial year 2017-18 in the ECI for which the due date is September 30, 2018,” the Central Public Information Officer has said.
All the six national political parties were brought under the Right to Information Act by a ruling of the Central Information Commission on June 3, 2013.
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Transparency activists claim no merit in the order passed by Election Commission
“When the Central Information Commission has declared six national political parties as a public authority, the Election Commission cannot take a position contrary to that unless the order of the CIC has been overturned by the Supreme Court or High Courts. The order of EC has no merit,” former Chief Information Commissioner A.N. Tiwari told PTI.
Noted activist Venkatesh Nayar also said that EC “exceeded its limits in giving this order”. He pointed out that “the June 2013 order of the CIC bringing six national political parties under the RTI Act remains in force even if the political parties do not obey it. It has not been stayed or set aside by any court. Therefore, as far as national political parties are concerned they are squarely covered under the RTI Act.”
He added that the Election Commission of India and the Central Public Information Officer is bound to make disclosure of all the information of the state and national parties which fall under the RTI Act rather than stating that these political parties are out of the preview of the RTI Act.
Where do political parties stand on RTI?
Interestingly, political parties have not challenged this order in court and have refused to entertain any such RTI applications made against them in accordance with the order passed in 2013.
Several activists have appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds of non-compliance of the CIC order but the matters are still pending.
While political parties have different views on most issues, there seems to be a strong consensus amongst all of them in regards to opposing the RTI.
Most parties argue on the fact that they are already making their donations public by placing them before the income tax authorities. While they were required to disclose any donations above Rs 20,000 this has been revised to Rs 2,000 which surely have made things hard for all parties.
As far as the Congress is concerned, they argued that calling political parties public authorities was an “erroneous” decision.
When it comes to the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission is the only appellate authority which can declare a body as a public authority if it is assured that the organisation fits into the criteria for being under the Right to Information Act.
The Secretary in charge of the legal department of Congress, K.C Mittal went ahead and questioned the power of the CIC saying it was “neither a court nor is competent to exercise plenary jurisdiction”.
In August 2015, it was the Modi led government who opposed the move to bring political parties under the RTI act resulting in an adverse effect on their internal working and political functioning.
It is implied that political parties have for long been resisting the RTI to conceal their donations. This also proves how our existing laws and rules to bring transparency have miserably failed.
Big corporates and business houses have managed to exercise their control over political parties to fulfill their own interests. This poses a big question on the autonomy of political parties representing the people of our country.
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Sources: The Hindu, Economic Times, ANI
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CHAIWALA HAS ALMOST PULLED OFF THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY – EB !
ELECTORAL BONDS !
QUESTION IS – HOW CAN IN LA-LA BANANA REPUBLIC OF HINDOOSTHAN – COULD SUCH A LAW BE PASSED ?
NETAS IN LOK SABHA ARE ILLITERATE SCUM ! THEY WILL PASS ANY LAW !
COMPANIES ACT HAS LIMITS ON LOANS,INVESTMENTS,DONATIONS – BUT NOT ON EB ! HOW COULD SUCH A LAW BE PASSED ?
INDIAN LAWS HAVE NO SANCTITY AS THEY ARE PASSED BY CHORS AND ILLITERATES ! THEY WILL PASS ANY LAW !
THEREFORE,INDIAN LAWS SHOULD NOT BE FOLLOWED ! THEY ARE GARBAGE !
IF EB NAMES ARE DISCLOSED – THEN SO SHOULD THE NAMES OF THE DONORS, AT ALL HINDOO TEMPLES IN CASH AND IN KIND ! dindoooohindoo
ONLY A FOOL WILL THINK THAT NON CASH PAYMENT FOR EB BONDS KEEPS NAME OF DONORS SECRET ! THE BONDS HAVE AN INVISIBLE CODE LIKE ON THE US 100 USD LINCOLN BILL !
DISCLOSING NAME OF BUYER OF EB IS OF NO USE !
A BUYS EB OF 1000 CRORES AND DISCLOSES HIS NAME AND GIVES BOND TO BJP
BUT A WAS PAID RS 1100 CRORES, IN CASH, BY B, TO BUY THE BONDS !
SOLUTION IS TO STATE FUNDING OF “ALL PARTIES”,WITH 0.1% PER CENT VOTE SHARE !
BOOK OF GENESIS PART 1
VERSE 1 – WHY WAS EB STARTED ?
NOT TO STOP BLACK MOENY ! 20000 OR EVEN 2000000 CRORES IS A TADPOLE IN A SEA !
AS I SAID `- BUYER OF EB IS A SHELL COMPANY !
EB IS A BEARER NBOND AND THEN THAT BOND IS GIVEN TO ADA – WHO GIVES IT TO BJP WHO ENCASHES IN IN 2 WEEKS ! ADA IS ON RECORDS ! END OF STORY !
SO THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT !
THE REAL REASONS ARE 2 !
1- BANIA JAIN PANDIT PARTY – BJP – WANTED TO GIVE A TAX REBATE ON A BRIBE ! SO CAME THIS SCHEME !
ADA GIVES RS 10000 CRORES TO BJP ! ADA USES A SHELL COMPANY WITH A LOSS IN INDIA TO BUY THE BREARR BONDS ! NOW THAT SHELL COMPANY HAS RS 10000 CRORES TAX ASSESSED LOSS. THE SHELL GIVES THE BOND TO BJP AND BJ ENCASHES THE SAME.
AFTER 3 YEARS ADA ACQUIRES THE SHELL AND SETS OFF THE TAX LOSS – SO A GAIN OF RS 3000 CRORES !
THE 2ND REASON !
BANIA SCUM PARTY REALISED IN 2018 THAT THE DAYS OF USING BHANG AND MOON SHINE TO BUY VOTES ARE OVER ! NOW YOU NEED A MEDIA PROPOGANDA BLITZ ! FOR THAT YOU NEED BILLIONS IN USD ! IN WHITE !
AS CEC WILL CHECK THE NEWS ADVERTS AND ASK THE MEDIA FOR THR SOURCE OF FUNDS ! FOR BANIA BJP TO PAY BANIA ZEE – BANIO BJP NEEDS WHITE MONEY ! BUT THE BJP WANTS A SCHEME WHERE THE WHITE MONEY COMES ONLY TO BJP -SO THEY CHOOSE SBI WHICH REPORTS CONGRESS FUNDINGG TO BJP – AND TEHN BJP SENDS THE ED AND DRI !~
SO CONRESS HAS NO MEDIA POWER ! CONGI USES SOCIAL MEDIA – WHCIH IS USELESS !
NOW COMES THE POLL RALLIES ! FOR THAT CASH IS REQUIRED NOT WHITE MONEY ! THERE CHAIWALA USED DEMO TO WIPE OUT THE CASH AND WILL SCRAP THE RS 2000 NOTE SOON !
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BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON WHICH EVEN THE JUDGES OF HE APEX COURT MISSED !
ADAA USES A LOSS MAKING SHELL ,TO BUY 10000 CRORES BONDS ADA BUYS SHELL IN MERGER,AND SO,CLAIMS THE TAX REBATE,ON RS 10000 CRORES
NOW THE BIONDS ARE ENCASHED BY BJP
NOW BJP NEEDS 7000 CRORES IN WHIITE,AND CASH IN BLACK, OF RS 3500 CRORES
SO BJP USES THE EXCESS OF RS 3000 CRORES IN EB TO CONVERT THE RS 3500 CRORES IN BLACK INTO WHTE !
SO BJP GIVES THE RS 3500 CRORES IN CASH TO ADA FOR THE EXCESSS RS 3000 CRORES OF EB
BIP HAS WASHED ITS CASH AT THE RATE OF 12% – AND ADA WILL COMVERT THE RS 3500 CRORES INTO WHTE AT NIL COST USNG HIS “AGRI BUSINESS” AND THEN REPEAT THE EB AGAIN !
SO ADA PAYS 10000 CRORES – GETS TAX GAIN OF 3000 CRORES + 3500 CRORES IN CASH !
WIN WIN ! FOR BJP AND ADA ! THE BALANCE 3500 CRORES WILL DO 1O MORE CHURNS OF EB TO RECOVER RS 3500 CRORES ! SO ADA MAKES 3000 CRORES TAX GAIN OR NIL NET INVESTMENT !
VEDIC MATHS !
THAT IS THE GAME ! REAL GAME !
THAT IS Y FOR MUSLMS – PARTITION IS THE SOLUTION ! HINDOO BANIA BRAHMIN IS SCUM AND EVIL ! A MUSLIM CANNOT PLACE HIS LIFE IN THE HANDS OF THESE SCUM !
PARTITION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION !