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Unknown gifts
Jaspal Bhatti
 When
somebody gives a donation to a temple without wanting his name to be
known, the donor is considered to be too humble and belonging a higher
spiritual state of mind. This kind of gupt daan (anonymous
donation) is equally customary and respectful in political circles,
too. A report says political parties gather a major chunk of their
funds from unidentified donors. The major difference, in case of a
religious donation, is that the donor prays to god, "Bhagwan,
mera naam aap jantey ho, meri manokamna poori karna." In case
of political donation, the donor makes sure that the high command of
the party should know that the donor has made a handsome donation but
neither the IT people nor the Opposition party should get to know
about it.
The Congress is said to
have collected Rs 978 crore from unidentified donors, while the BJP
has got Rs 32 crore during the same period. People want a transparent
process and want the donors to be made public. But I think if some
businessman does make an anonymous donation to a political party and
after the polls if that party comes to power and the donor gets some gupt
(secret) benefits from the party then there is nothing wrong in it.
A politician announced
if his demands were not met he would set himself on fire after
sprinkling petrol over him. He got a huge secret donation but in form
of cans of petrol.
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