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The Telugu Desam Party talked about “not readily available” within the column for itemizing out the names of donors.
Several political events declined to share particulars of electoral bond donors citing numerous authorized provisions, whereas others mentioned they acquired the funding devices by “drop box” or by publish with none identify.
The DMK, which acquired most of its donations from a lottery agency, reached out to its donors to hunt particulars of the electoral bonds as demanded by the Supreme Court in 2019.
The BJP cited the amendments to the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the related parts of the Reserve Bank of India Act and the Income Tax Act for not revealing its donors.
“It is duly submitted that the electoral bonds were introduced with the aim of bringing only accounted for funds in political funding while protecting the donors from any consequences, therefrom,” the BJP mentioned in its letter to the Election Commission.
The Congress shot off a letter to the State Bank of India (SBI) searching for particulars of donors of electoral bonds, the quantity, the checking account during which it was credited and the date.
The SBI responded to the Congress that the small print of the electoral bonds had been obtainable with the political events and shared the assertion of the checking account which was shared with the Commission.
The Samajwadi Party shared particulars of bonds of comparatively smaller quantities of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, however merely talked about that 10 bonds of Rs 1 crore every had been acquired by publish with none identify.
The DMK, which acquired nearly 77 per cent of its funds from lottery king Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming, mentioned it had reached out to the donors of the social gathering to get particulars of the donations they’d made.
“The scheme also does not require the details of the donor to be furnished to the donee. … Be that as it may, following the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court, we contacted our donors and we were able to collect the details from them,” the DMK mentioned.
The Telugu Desam Party talked about “not readily available” within the column for itemizing out the names of donors.
The Trinamool Congress mentioned the electoral bonds had been despatched to the social gathering workplace and had been “dropped in the drop box”. The social gathering mentioned some bonds had been despatched by messengers from numerous individuals who wished to help the social gathering, a lot of whom favor to stay nameless.
The NCP, then led by Sharad Pawar, expressed lack of ability to furnish particulars of donors in opposition to every bond because the social gathering had not maintained particulars or issued any receipts.
The letter by the NCP to the Election Commission mentioned a number of of its office-bearers had been busy with the election marketing campaign. “Wherever possible we have indicated the name of the person through whom bonds were received by the party,” the NCP mentioned.
The Goa unit of the Congress reached out to its donor V M Salgaonkar and Brothers to get particulars of the electoral bonds value Rs 30 lakh given by them to the social gathering.
The RJD mentioned the small print about donations value Rs 1.5 crore weren’t available.
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) has instructed the Election Commission that somebody delivered to its workplace an envelope with electoral bonds value Rs 10 crore in 2019, which had been redeemed by the social gathering.
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First Published: Mar 18 2024 | 5:01 PM IST
