18-03-2024, 08:41 AM
UPDATED MAR 17, 2024, 07:26 PM
NEW DELHI – India’s “lottery king”, accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, has emerged with his company as India’s top political donor under an opaque funding system that has just been partially opened to scrutiny.
Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel Services spent 13.68 billion Indian rupees (S$221 million) between 2019 and 2024 – 40 per cent more than the next-highest donor – under the now-scrapped funding system, which allowed anonymous and unlimited donations to political parties, data showed on March 14.
The information, published by the election commission on the orders of India’s Supreme Court, shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was the biggest overall recipient
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-...que-system
NEW DELHI – India’s “lottery king”, accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, has emerged with his company as India’s top political donor under an opaque funding system that has just been partially opened to scrutiny.
Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel Services spent 13.68 billion Indian rupees (S$221 million) between 2019 and 2024 – 40 per cent more than the next-highest donor – under the now-scrapped funding system, which allowed anonymous and unlimited donations to political parties, data showed on March 14.
The information, published by the election commission on the orders of India’s Supreme Court, shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was the biggest overall recipient
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-...que-system