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SBI Submits All Details Of Poll Bonds With Serial Numbers To Election Body

March 21, 2024 admin

New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court, the State Bank of India has submitted all the details on electoral bonds to the Election Commission. The data includes the all-important unique numbers for the bonds, which will help match the donors with the political parties that were the recipients. The SBI submitted an affidavit…

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Journalist Poonam Agarwal Who Accused SBI Of Sharing Wrong Electoral Bond Data Apologises

March 19, 2024 admin

New Delhi: A journalist who had questioned the authenticity of the data shared by the State Bank of India (SBI) on electoral bonds has admitted that she was mistaken. Poonam Agarwal had, in a series of tweets, claimed that she bought electoral bonds only in 2018, but the data released showed she had purchased a…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 19, 2024

March 19, 2024 admin

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) President Anbumani Ramadoss | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam In Tamil Nadu, PMK announces alliance with BJP for Lok Sabha elections The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on March 18 announced it would join the BJP-led NDA and fight the coming Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. Sources in the PMK said the decision was taken…

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Electoral Bonds Row Ahead Of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Experts Discuss Its Impact

March 18, 2024 admin

NDTV Battleground discusses the Maharashtra dynamics of Lok Sabha election New Delhi: The issue of electoral bonds came up today during a discussion on NDTV with political analysts on the Lok Sabha elections and the political dynamics in Maharashtra. The political analysts asked whether the issue of electoral bonds would affect voters significantly. The Supreme…

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Chief Justice’s Broad Shoulders Reply As Centre Flags Poll Bonds Debate

March 18, 2024 admin

Chief Justice Chandrachud led the Constitution bench hearing on the electoral bonds case New Delhi: As the Centre and State Bank of India (SBI) flagged the social media fallout of the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict in the electoral bonds case, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said the court’s “shoulders are broad enough” to…

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Should SBI Disclose All Details On Electoral Bonds? Supreme Court To Decide

March 18, 2024 admin

The Supreme Court has directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to disclose all details related to the electoral bonds, which allowed individuals and companies to make donations to political parties. It has also asked the country’s largest lender to file an “Every bit of information should come out. All details should come out. We…

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Congress’s Bhupesh Baghel Calls Electoral Bond “Biggest Scam Of Year”, Minister Hits Back

March 18, 2024 admin

Bhupesh Baghel called the electoral bond scheme the “biggest scam of the year”. (File) Raipur: A day after the Election Commission (EC) notified the dates for the Lok Sabha elections, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday called the now-junked electoral bond scheme the “biggest scam of the year”. Speaking to…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024 admin

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: PTI Infosys, Biocon, JSW Steel, Shahi Exports donated to JD(S) via electoral bonds On March 17, the Election Commission of India disclosed new documents listing the corporations and individuals who contributed to the Janata Dal (Secular) party in Karnataka before April 12, 2019, via the electoral bond route. The documents…

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Mayawati’s Party, CPI(M) Among Parties That Did Not Receive Electoral Bonds

March 17, 2024 admin

Mayawati’s Party has told the poll body that it did not receive any funding through electoral bonds New Delhi: While several political parties received donations worth crores of rupees via electoral bonds, there is a vast majority which did not get any money through the now-scraped scheme for political funding. Over 500 recognised and unrecognised…

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BJP Received Rs 6,986 Crore Through Poll Bonds, Highest Among All Parties

March 17, 2024 admin

The TMC received Rs 1,397 crore through electoral bonds, second highest after BJP. New Delhi: The BJP received the maximum funds through these bonds at Rs 6,986.5 crore since they were introduced in 2018, followed by West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress (Rs 1,397 crore), Congress (Rs 1,334 crore) and BRS (Rs 1,322 crore). The…

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