Consti-tuition – Episode 14: General Elections
How is this biggest political slug-fest on the planet funded?
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It’s the FINAL episode of Season 2.
In this episode, let’s explore the one thing that is on everyone’s minds: General Elections. Indian elections are big. Like, really really big. But the question we’re dealing with today is how is this biggest political slug-fest on the planet funded?
Meghnad explains how funds are procured by political parties, how they’re spent, for what purpose and what are the different shady loopholes politicians use to escape the law. Our political parties have something to hide and it’s not pretty.
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