Political Donations: Centre Clears Air On Foreign Firms

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was told by the government that Vedanta Resources Plc and other companies, named in a petition alleging illegal foreign funding for the Congress and the BJP, are not international entities.

The home ministry, through an affidavit, informed the court that information has been obtained on the status of six of seven companies named in the petition and except for one, none of them was found to be foreign firms.

The ministry said it had collected details from the ministry of corporate affairs, foreign division, and also from the companies about their status under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.

The ministry filed the reply before a division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Indermeet Kaur on a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the allegations that the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party accepted donations from subsidiaries of the Britain-based Vedanta Group.

The bench asked both political parties to file their replies and posted the matter for July 16.

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