Archive for the 'India' Category

Over the weekend, Sanjay Singh at dnaindia.com wrote about the fake parties in India that were used as tax shelters, which I’ve posted on previously. I’m posting almost the whole article since it is so interesting - with 600 new parties in five years, I wonder what all their names were…? I wonder also if the “fake politicians” are […]

 

Reports from India detail that a few “dummy” parties - parties that are registered as such but have not competed in the elections - have been using their electoral income to buy stock, jewelry, and other things. It seems that the problem is that because these parties have not really served as political parties, their […]