Congress' Ajay says BJP’s cash surge skews electoral field

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Ajay Maken, in his speech in parliament's on Thursday made sharp attacks on Election Commission and said that the institution has become a 'puppet of the government.'

He asserted that the EC is not able to provide a level playing field to all parties and there is a visible lack of transparency and credibility in the whole electoral process.

In his speech during the discussion on election reforms in the Rajya Sabha, Maken asserted how there is growing disparity in the finances between the BJP and Congress. He cited the money available in the bank accounts of Congress and BJP after every General Election that the country has seen 2004 onwards.

He said that in the last 20 years, since 2004, the BJP's bank balance has increased from Rs 87.96 crore to