Published May 11, 2026 | 7:59 AM ⚊ Updated May 11, 2026 | 7:59 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sindhu Hospitals on Sunday.
Synopsis: The Sindhu Hospitals, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Sunday, is linked to Hetero Pharmaceutical Group. The Group was a major donor to the Prudent Electoral Trust.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, 10 May, inaugurated Sindhu Hospitals in Hyderabad.
The 1,500-bed facility in HITEC City was founded by Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, Chairman of the Hetero Pharmaceutical Group.
“Inaugurated the Sindhu Hospital in Hyderabad. It’s a laudable effort to improve healthcare infrastructure in the city and surrounding areas. The emphasis on integrating latest technology and innovation by the hospital team is appreciable,” Modi said after the inauguration.
హైదరాబాద్లో సింధు హాస్పిటల్ను ప్రారంభించాను. నగరంలోనూ,పరిసర ప్రాంతాల్లోనూ ఆరోగ్య సేవారంగంలో మౌలిక సదుపాయాలను మెరుగుపరచడానికి ఇది ఒక ప్రశంసించదగ్గ ప్రయత్నం. అత్యాధునిక సాంకేతికతనూ,నవీన ఆవిష్కరణలనూ సమన్వయం చేసేందుకు ఆసుపత్రి బృందం ప్రత్యేక శ్రద్ధ వహించడం చాలా అభినందనీయం. pic.twitter.com/sByFppxgZZ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 10, 2026
Reddy chairs the Hetero Group, one of India’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Hetero manufactures intermediates, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and formulations, exporting primarily to the USA, Europe, Dubai and African countries.
Reddy is a member of the Rajya Sabha, nominated by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in June 2022, when BRS governed Telangana.
In October 2021, the Income Tax Department inspected over 50 locations linked to the Hetero Group across the country. Officials reportedly recovered ₹140 crore in unaccounted cash during those operations. The group has not been convicted of any offence in connection with those inspections.
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Between 19 April and 1 June 2024, as India voted in seven phases in a general election, companies linked to the Hetero Group transferred ₹67.5 crore to the Prudent Electoral Trust.
Prudent is India’s largest electoral trust. In 2024-25, it collected ₹2,668 crore from companies and individuals across the country. Of that total, 81 percent — ₹2,180 crore — went to the BJP.
The next highest recipient, the Indian National Congress, received less than 10 percent, ₹216 crore.
The Hetero-linked transfers came in tight clusters, each timed to the weeks India voted.
On 17 April, Hetero deposited ₹15 crore in Prudent. The following day, 18 April, Hetero made two further deposits, ₹6 crore and ₹4 crore. Honour Labs, a Hetero subsidiary, added ₹10 crore on the same date. Within two days, ₹35 crore from Hetero-linked accounts were transferred to Prudent.
On 23 April, Hindys Lab contributed ₹7.5 crore. Two non-pharma entities linked to the group, Jamina Marine Properties and Jitvan Lands, deposited ₹5 crore each the same day.
On 26 April, Hetero Labs deposited ₹5 crore. Hetero Healthcare added ₹5 crore the same day. Hazelo Labs deposited ₹5 crore on 6 May, as the final phases of voting concluded. Hazelo Labs shares directors with other Hetero Group companies.
Beyond Prudent, Hetero Labs donated ₹15 crore directly to the BJP in 2024-25, across three separate tranches.
In total, companies connected to the Hetero Group directed ₹67.5 crore into Prudent Electoral Trust and ₹15 crore directly to the BJP — a combined ₹82.5 crore in a single financial year that coincided with India’s general election.
Prudent pools all donations before distribution. In 2024-25, it sent 81 percent of its total collections to the BJP. It is not confirmed whether Hetero’s ₹67.5 crore had reached the BJP.
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The Hetero Group’s approach to political funding follows the map of political power rather than any single party allegiance.
Through eight subsidiaries, the group purchased electoral bonds worth ₹137.5 crore before the Supreme Court struck down the scheme in 2024, ruling it unconstitutional on grounds of donor anonymity and unlimited political funding.
Of the total, ₹117.5 crore went to the BRS. The BJP received ₹15 crore. The Indian National Congress received ₹5 crore. The Hetero Group stands as the second-largest donor to the BRS through the electoral bond route.
The connection between donations and political outcomes surfaces most clearly in 2022.
In April of that year, Hetero Drugs and Hetero Labs purchased 40 electoral bonds worth ₹1 crore each. Election Commission data shows those bonds went to the BRS. Weeks later, in June 2022, BRS nominated Reddy to the Rajya Sabha.
As much as ₹50 crore in bond purchases preceded a nomination to the Upper House of Parliament by the party that received those bonds.
In the financial year 2022-23, following the Income Tax raids of 2021, the group donated ₹2 crore directly to the BJP.
(Edited by Majnu Babu).
