The 2014 election is a reminder of the one big loophole in India’s election rules designed to favour parties backed by the rich: While individual candidates are not allowed to spend more than Rs. 54-70 lakh, there is no limit to what political parties may spend to promote their overall electoral prospects. Parties are only obliged to report their expenditure on general election propaganda to … Continue reading What money can buy – Siddharth Varadarajan