India’s ‘lottery king’ emerges as top political donor in opaque system

The information, published by the election commission on the orders of India’s Supreme Court, shows Prime Minister Modi’s BJP was the biggest overall recipient but does not detail which party any donor gave to.

India’s “lottery king”, accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, has emerged with his company as the nation’s top political donor under an opaque funding system that has just been partially opened to scrutiny.