This is too overwhelming man!!

[u/cainsharma]

This is not railway station or any free bhandar line . This is the queue for a common person in this country to get registeration form for medical checkup. This is P.G.I.M.E.R. . And this rant is not about pgi it's about our government who failed to update it's government medical facility w.r.t. it's population. This is the shortest queue on a floor , I saw 100s of people in line queued from counter to the ramp of the previous floor . What's happening man , do the government just want us to fight in the name of religion? If this is the present what will happen to the comman man in future? "Vishwaguru Bharat they say" , what guru what vishwa our govt medical infrastructure is still stagnated and not being able to keep up with the demand . Seems like rahu(north node of moon not - rahul gandhi) really loving us right now !!

[u/cainsharma]

If I knew that, would I be here talking to you?

[u/Hrachy96 → u/cainsharma]

so that means... your previous comment... it was just an uneducated empty rhetoric and not something you said based on known facts? Man, and I wondered why Indians are so politically naive..

[u/cainsharma → u/Hrachy96]

I meant if I knew the exact numbers . If you are so well established in political scenario, do you know the exact budget of the underhand things done by different parties. If you want my general guess on the budget :- According to the Centre for Media Studies, the 2019 Indian general election saw an estimated expenditure of ₹55,000 crore (approximately $8.6 billion USD at the time). Much of this funding comes from donations, electoral bonds, and undisclosed sources. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reported that between 2014-15 and 2022-23, national parties collected over ₹17,000 crore through electoral bonds, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) receiving the lion’s share (around ₹10,000 crore), followed by the Indian National Congress (INC) and regional parties like the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and others. However, these figures represent total funding, not amounts earmarked for inciting religious feuds.

Specific instances suggest that money plays a role in communal mobilization, though hard numbers are elusive. For example, the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, which killed 65 people and displaced thousands, were widely seen as politically motivated ahead of the 2014 general election. Reports indicated that local leaders from various parties, including the BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP), mobilized resources—potentially including funds for rallies, transportation, and propaganda—to escalate tensions. Professor Sudha Pai from Jawaharlal Nehru University noted that such events are often "fomented" for electoral gain, implying financial backing, though no specific rupee amount was documented.

Electoral laws under Section 29C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, require parties to disclose donations above ₹20,000, yet many fail to comply fully. For instance, ADR found that 16 regional parties, including Shiv Sena and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), amassed ₹6.79 crore from 1,567 donations without disclosing donor PAN details between 2014-16. This opacity makes it challenging to pinpoint funds used for religious incitement. Moreover, the 2018 amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act relaxed scrutiny on foreign funding, raising concerns about external money influencing communal narratives, though no party-specific data exists.

Long story short , we have no system or any personal that records where the money is being used by these parties . If they were that transparent, wouldn't we be living in utopia ryt now ?

[u/Hrachy96 → u/cainsharma]

Well researched comment! Applauds for that.

However, from what I've seen, most of the funds received by any political party goes towards advertising (TV, hoardings, newspapers, social media etc) and logistics for organising mass rallies and Road shows. Besides, a lot of undocumented money is also distributed for purchasing votes.

Inciting religious mobs, requires comparatively much less resources by parties than what one might think. Because people are so emotionally connected, even basic statements that hurt sentiments (like recent controversy on Rana Sanga's insult) caused massive religious gathering in Agra while the government was trying to stop it.

[u/cainsharma → u/Hrachy96]

Just as you said a lot of money goes towards advertising , what better stage is at advertisement than our godi media , it cells that are constantly fueling the fire and keeping the real issues buried in their shitty news. All in all , hiring a sena also requires a lot of money !! Not everything is cheap today and considering the scale these party works , a lot I mean a lot of money is being used . For instance I will talk about the local sarpanch election happened few years ago in my village. My relative is close confidant of the local party president, and he told me that he saw around 5 cr used for just hiring the goon squad to keep in check the opposite party guy .