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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Anuj SRIVAS

Corporate India In Spotlight After Political Donor List Release

India's ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was far and away the single biggest beneficiary of the electoral bond scheme (Credit: AFP)

Huge donations by firms under criminal investigation or suspected of being shell companies have been funnelled to India's ruling BJP and other parties, new data showed, highlighting the backscratching ties between corporate titans and the government.

Last week, India's election commission published a list detailing buyers of electoral bonds, a contentious funding scheme that has helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party build an immense campaign war chest dwarfing rivals.

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