Modi govt tried to cover its tracks on electoral bonds.
| | | | | | | The Ministry of Law and Justice signed off on the Narendra Modi government’s decision to hastily pass the controversial electoral bond scheme by bypassing the Rajya Sabha, despite putting on record that the government’s strategy was illegal and unconstitutional, documents obtained by HuffPost India establish.
In a two-page note, the law ministry said this illegal step was a one-off exception and urged the Modi government to “avoid considering this practice as a precedent”, the documents reviewed by HuffPost India show. Worse, crucial official deliberations on allowing even shell companies to secretly donate unlimited funds to political parties were simply not recorded in official meeting minutes. The deliberations were characterised as “informal discussions” between unnamed officials.
The Ministry of Personnel reports directly to Prime Minister Modi.Taken together, the documents show that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government was so eager to allow corporations to secretly funnel money into politics that the government knowingly broke the law and tried to cover its tracks by refusing to record official deliberations in meeting minutes. |
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