Arrest of D K Shivakumar came after 4 days of questioning - on the charge of evasiveness.Arrest on this account is what CBI took recourse to, in the case of former finance minister, P Chidambaram.
Shivakumar's plight elicited sympathy, even from ruling Hindu(i) Peoples' Party members of Karnataka. It is curious that agencies find suspicious activity only in case of opposition members. There is scope for larger debate on issues of political funding.
Insidious electoral bond scheme removed even a modicum of transparency in sourcing of political funds. Restrictions of foreign funding of political parties was loosened - when other democracies ban such funding.
Indian democracy's regression on clean political funding, erodes credibility.
- Editorial, Times of India September 5, 2019
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