Vijayendra, Nalin Kateel and others Bengaluru: In a major development, Karnataka Police registered an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday over allegations of extortion linked to electoral bonds. The FIR was filed by Tilak Nagar Police in Bengaluru, following directions from the Special Court of MLAs/MPs. Nirmala Sitharaman has been named the…
By Prof. M. Umapathy, Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Mysore (Continued from yesterday) In the first General Elections in 1952, there were 17 crore voters. The government expenditure on it was said to be Rs. 17.8 crore. In the General Elections of 2019, the number of voters were 90 crores….
By Prof. M. Umapathy, Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Mysore The tragic story of ‘Electoral-Bonds’ (2017-2024) is a remarkable development in the growth of India’s Democracy. None other than the Supreme Court of India, in its judgment on 15th February 2024, declared it as “Unconstitutional” and ended it. E-Bonds, which…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Open Forum has organised a talk on ‘Electoral Bonds and Political Funding’ by Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Chairman, Association for Democratic Reforms, at 10.30 am on Mar.31 (Sunday) at Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, Mysuru. Prof. Trilochan Sastry has a Ph.D from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA (Indian Institute of…
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