Did PM Modi and BJP disclose election spending on Adani private jet? https://www.adaniwatch.org/exclusive_did_pm_modi_and_bjp_disclose_election_spending_on_adani_private_jet_lease Abir Dasgupta Jan 18, 2024 The photograph above, of Narendra Modi flashing a victory sign while boarding an Adani private jet was taken on the day India’s general election results were declared on 23 May 2014.
Modi had been using the Adani private jet for election campaign trips in the preceding months. In a rare interview in 2016, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani defended Modi’s use of his conglomerate’s private jet as a regular commercial lease, saying ‘[Mr Modi] is not taking Adani aircraft for free’. Under Indian law, while payments for lease of private aircraft must be reported to the aviation regulator by the aircraft operator, when payments to lease aircraft are made by politicians and political parties for an election campaign, they must also be reported by the party or politician to the Election Commission of India, which then discloses election expenditure to the public.