Political connections hold less sway for India Inc

September 09, 2011 11:07

A Reuters story says that being politically connected isn't what it used to be for corporate India. When prominent politician and mining baron, G Janardhana Reddy, was arrested at dawn this week, with police seizing $1 million in cash and 66 pounds of gold bars, it was another sign of just how perilous the mix of politics and business has become.

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