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“Bonds were brought in to ensure greater transparency in electoral funding,” Piyush Goyal said. New Delhi: Union minister Piyush Goyal told NDTV today that the electoral bonds issue does not figure among the key issues in the general election at all. “Nobody is asking,” he told NDTV when asked about the massive Supreme Court verdict…
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M) supporters stage a protest outside the SBI regional office over the electoral bonds issue, in Kolkata on March 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Fund trail possible due to electoral bonds, shortcomings could be improved: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 31 rejected the suggestion that…
Nitin Gadkari spoke about the main intention behind electoral bonds scheme. Ahmedabad: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said it was not possible to run a political party without funds, and added that the Centre had introduced the electoral bonds scheme, now struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, in 2017 with a “good intention”….
Devendra Fadnavis was speaking to reporters after the state cabinet meeting (File) Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for criticising BJP over the electoral bonds scheme and asked whether his party would return the bonds that it has received. He said Mr Gandhi was critical…
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Electoral bonds data will be made public by the poll panel once SBI shares it. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today came down hard on the State Bank of India for not sharing the complete data on electoral bonds, a scheme that allowed individuals and businesses to donate anonymously to political parties. The court had…
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SBI is India’s largest banking institution (File). New Delhi: The State Bank of India on Tuesday evening submitted data about electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India, in line with a stern order from the Supreme Court. The data will be collated and released by the poll panel by 5 pm Friday, as the court…
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SBI is India’s largest banking institution (File). New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday came down strongly on the State Bank of India for “wilful disobedience” of last month’s order – that data about donors and recipients of electoral bonds be released by March 6. In a significant development, the court warned SBI of contempt…
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