People funding must to ensure party-based democracy: Chidambaram
"Political party is not a commercial venture. Please remember in a democracy, it is the people who must fund the political parties. If you want a party-based democracy, political parties must be funded by people," he said here while responding to a question on why political parties are exempted from paying income tax.
P Chidambaram on Saturday said the nature of our democracy is such that political parties cannot function without funding from citizens. Photo: IANS