New Delhi, March 22: The Narendra Modi government has drawn a veil of secrecy on corporate donations to political parties. Otherwise, we could be flooded with cases of misuse of office to get political donations," said Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamul Congress. This has happened as the amendments to the Companies Act now also allow firms to pay "through any instrument issued... for contribution to political parties". This means the Companies Act recognises the Election Bonds scheme being separately notified by the government. "Every political party and every government of every hue has said one thing and done the opposite on this issue of political party funding," said Jagdeep Chhokar of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Source: The Telegraph March 22, 2017 22:07 UTC