Why India’s little-known parties are under scanner over massive tax-exempt donations
- Unrecognised political parties received over ₹10,000 crore in donations between 2022 and 2024, ThePrint reported.
- Five unrecognised parties in Gujarat alone reported ₹2,316 crore in income between 2019 and 2024.
- A CBDT probe reportedly found a network of parties, middlemen and chartered accountants linked to alleged laundering of ₹9,169 crore.
- The ECI can remove parties that break rules but cannot fully deregister them, creating an enforcement gap.
Source: theprint.in
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