Congress holds mock inauguration of Pumpwell flyover in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Leaders, members and workers of Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee on Wednesday, staged a mock inauguration of Pumpwell flyover taking a dig at Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP Karnataka President, Nalin Kumar Kateel’s statement that he would inaugurate the flyover in the first week of January.
The mock inauguration, led by MLC Ivan D’Souza was also a protest wherein the protesters raised slogans against the BJP leaders and elected representatives. Effigies of Nalin Kumar Kateel, District in-charge Minister, Kota Srinivas Poojary and MLA Vedavyas Kamath were made to cut the ribbon of the flyover.
Speaking on the occasion, MLC Ivan D’Souza slammed Nalin Kumar Kateel and added that despite being elected as the MP of the District third time and NDA Government being in power for last six year, he has failed to bring development to the port city. He further added that the MP and local BJP MLAs speak about the development elsewhere in the country but are not bothered about Mangaluru’s development.
The effigies were also garlanded with onions to mock the government’s failure to bring development but raising the inflation in the country.
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Electoral trusts fill BJP coffers after scrapping of electoral bonds, shows ECI website
New Delhi: Contrary to expectations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be adversely affected by the Supreme Court’s scrapping of the electoral bonds scheme in February 2024, the party’s finances have seen a significant boost in 2024–25 through electoral trusts. It has emerged that electoral trusts alone donated ₹2,577 crore to the BJP during this period.
Following the abolition of electoral bonds, corporate donors seeking partial anonymity appear to have shifted to the electoral trust route, with the BJP continuing to be the largest beneficiary.
According to data available on the Election Commission of India’s website, a total of ₹4,276 crore was donated through electoral trusts, of which the ruling BJP received 83.6 per cent. Compared to 2023–24, corporate donations flowing to the BJP have increased nearly fourfold. The Congress received 7.3 per cent of the total donations, while the Trinamool Congress accounted for 3.6 per cent.
Donations received through electoral trusts constitute only a portion of the total funds collected by political parties. Parties also receive contributions directly from individuals, corporates, institutions and charitable organisations. Over the past several years, donations from sources other than electoral trusts have also shown a steady increase.
