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In the previous article, we discussed the basic facts related to electoral bonds. This article is about the loopholes in the Electoral Bond Scheme , controversies and the way forward . A Short Data Analysis of Electoral Bonds : According to Association for Democratic Reforms, 92% of total Electoral Bonds were purchased by corporates in the period March 2018-January 2021 .Keep in mind that 2019 was a general election (Loksabha)  year.  BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party ) alone got 60.17% of total donation through Electoral Bonds between 2017-18 and 2018-19.. This amount is almost Rs.1660.89 Crore. In the year 2018-19, BJP got Rs.1450 Cr. while Indian National Congress got Rs.383 Cr. In the period of 7 years, 2012-2019, donations from corporations increased by a whopping 974%. The ruling party is the highest beneficiary of this scheme. Now the point is whether all politicians get a level playing field or not. Answer is NO.  Here is Why Electoral Bonds Do Not Create a Level Play...

  Electoral Bonds And Facts Associated With Them Recently Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) , which is also the ruling party of Jharkhand , became the first party to declare the name of a donor who made a contribution through electoral bonds. This article is about the basic facts related to electoral bonds which were introduced in India in 2017 and allowed to issue from 2018. The electoral bond scheme was framed by the central government by exercising powers under RBI Act, 1934.  What is an Electoral Bond ? In simple terms , it is a non refundable bond which does not carry the name of buyer or payee and is issued by SBI (only SBI is authorized to issue the bond) . This bond is a financial instrument through which a company, a person , a firm, any agency , (all should be citizens of India or incorporated or established in India) etc can donate funds to any political party.  What is the validity of these bonds? And What happens to the bond if not issued within validity? This ...

     Going through the history from 1985 to 1970 Congress was a cadre based party valuing its workers and leaders. But the situation changed rapidly after the 1969 split when Indira Gandhi was ousted from the Congress Party by S. Nijalingappa. Then Congress (I) became a dominant party , emerged victorious thereafter and Indira Gandhi leadership turned into a “personality cult” in the span between Bangladesh Liberation war and emergency. The Congress turned deeply towards dynastic politics when Rajiv Gandhi was made PM. Old Guards Vs Young Turks :      If we will look towards Congress Party history we get that whenever there is a leadership crisis in the Congress, the party looks towards the Gandhi family and this is what happened in the 2019 CWC meeting when Sonia Gandhi was made interim president . Weren’t there other leaders from the Congress other than the Gandhis to lead the party? Yes there were leaders like Bhupesh Baghel (now Chhattisgarh CM), Captai...

      सैराट आल्यानंतर आपल्या सगळ्यांना वाटलं कि आरची आणि परश्या सोबत जे झालं ते खूप चुकीचं होतं. पण थेटर मधून बाहेर पडल्यानंतर जात आणि धर्म पुन्हा आपल्या मनावर आरूढ झालेत . आजही  भारतात सारख्या जातीत आणि धर्मात लग्न लावून देण्याचं प्रमाण खूप आहे. आपला हट्ट असतो तो. दुसऱ्या जातीत किंवा धर्मात लग्नं केलं तर समाजातून बहिष्कृत केलं जातं अनेकांना .      संविधानाच्या पहिल्या पानावर भारतीय समाज कसा असायला हवा याचा संदर्भ दिलेला आहे. त्याला आपण प्रास्ताविक म्हणतो. मग त्यात अनेक गोष्टी दिल्या आहेत . त्यात न्याय , स्वातंत्र्य , समता आणि बंधुता या ४ गोष्टी प्रवर्धित करण्याचा संकल्प करतोय असा म्हटलंय. ७० वर्ष उलटून गेलीत . पण भारतीय समाज आजही जातीयवादाच्या विळख्यातून बाहेर पडलेला नाही. धार्मिक आणि जातीय ध्रुवीकरण प्रचंड प्रमाणात वाढलंय. आज आपण आपला नेता जात आणि धर्म पाहून निवडतो. आपण अशा टोकावर येऊन पोहोचलोय जिथे नेत्याला विरोध करणं म्हणजे धर्माला विरोध करणं,आणि धर्माला विरोध करणं  म्हणजेच देशाला विरोध करणं झालंय. धार्मिक आणि जातीयवादी कत्तली आपल्याला रोजच्या...

             Delhi witnessed a lot of hate speeches and firing incidents during and after the elections too . I am quoting some of them here because it is necessary for the people to know the perpetrators behind the large scale violence in the National capital in which 38 people have lost their lives while more than 200 are injured till now. The people who gave hate speeches were the leaders from BJP and AIMIM. None of them is behind the bars except an FIR is lodged on Waris Pathan.           It all started on 15 December 2019 when Delhi police mishandled the Jamia Milia university students strike (against CAA)  by entering the campus and brutally beating the students in which many are seriously injured while one student has lost his eye permanently. After a month the JMCC released a video which clearly showed that the police entered the library and have broke the CCTV cameras. This video is fact checked by Alt ne...

What Leads To The Fall Of Democracies?    Recently, the Democracy Index Report was released by the EIU and a countrywide debate started, on the fall of India by 10 odd places i.e from 51 to 41; citing the reason as “Erosion Of Civil Liberties”. The facts tell us numbers and the numbers come from observation. The fallen democracy index is a gentle reminder that the world is watching us. It will be suitable to commence my article by quoting Dr. Ambedkar. “An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared. There should be varied and free points of contact with other modes of association. In other words, there should be social endosmosis. This is a fraternity, which is only another name for democracy. Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of asso...