When cash is king

Votes-for-notes no longer only means blandishments of cash and goodies for fence-sitting voters

Sunil Sethi  |  New Delhi 

Sunil Sethi

Money talks. By that definition campaign politics of the moment is brimming with bagfuls of cash.

This week in sylvan Arunachal Pradesh, the night before Narendra Modi was to address a rally, in the car park of a government guest house, where Chief Minister Pema Khandu, his deputy chief minister, and BJP president were staying the night, two vehicles in the CM’s convoy were literally loaded up. One, a government vehicle yielded Rs 80 lakh; the other a booty of Rs 1 crore. Former MLA Ralom Borang told Election Commission (EC) officials where to get off. “Part of this money is ...

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First Published: Sat, April 06 2019. 00:04 IST