Author: Vipul Mudgal | Journal of Democracy

Vipul Mudgal is the head of Common Cause India and a trustee of the Association for Democratic Reforms. He was a 2020 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington, D.C.

The BJP Claimed This Financial Tool Would Clean Up Indian Politics. It Did the Opposite.

Vipul Mudgal

“Electoral bonds” were supposed to make political contributions transparent. Instead they became a form of legalized corruption, funneling huge sums and making the political playing field even more uneven.