India's opposition says no cash for election campaigning

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NEW DELHI: India's opposition said on Thursday (Mar 21) that the government's freezing of its bank accounts has left it with no money to fight the heavily funded ruling party in marathon general elections that begin next month.

India's Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a press conference along with party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on Mar 21, 2024. NEW DELHI: India's opposition said on Thursday that the government's freezing of its bank accounts has left it with no money to fight the heavily funded ruling party in marathon general elections that begin next month.

Several of the party's bank accounts were frozen in February because of the alleged late filing of tax returns. Nearly a billion Indians will vote to elect a new government in a month-and-a-half-long election starting on Apr 19, the largest democratic exercise in the world. Rahul Gandhi criticised"institutions which are supposed to protect the framework of democracy" for not speaking up, singling out the Election Commission for not intervening.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, 81, said the lack of funds had made it"helpless" ahead of the elections.According to the latest official financial disclosures to the Election Commission, BJP funds are nearly 10 times that of Congress.

 

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