Electoral Bonds
- India
Electoral bonds: Plea in SC seeks SIT probe into alleged quid pro quo
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the alleged instances of “apparent quid pro quo” between political…
- India
Congress questions EC on getting social media post on electoral bonds deleted
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission’s move to get a post on the electoral bonds scheme deleted from social media platform X and said that the issue raised…
- India
Electoral bonds better than earlier system of sacks, suitcases: FM Sitharaman
Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday targeted the Congress for dropping the restoration of the old pension scheme that it promised in many states from its Lok Sabha election manifesto,…
- India
Plea in SC seeks review of verdict scrapping electoral bonds scheme
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its February 15 verdict, which had scrapped the Modi government’s electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding. The…
- Telangana
CBI FIR against 2nd biggest electoral bond buyer MEIL in bribery case
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, which was the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds worth Rs 966 crore, in an alleged bribery case.…
- India
SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds’ details under RTI Act
New Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the RTI Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC), claiming that it is…
- India
Situation in country bad as 2 CMs in jail: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said that the situation in the country is bad as it has been looted through electoral bonds and two chief ministers are in…
- India
Centre seized printing of electoral bonds a fortnight post SC’s verdict
An RTI (Right To Information) revealed that the Union finance ministry ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to “immediately put a hold” on the printing of electoral bonds, almost a fortnight…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-based MEIL’s electoral bond purchases close to bagging contracts
New Delhi: Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd made a number of electoral bond purchases close to the date of bagging crucial projects, including the all-weather Zojila tunnel that is being constructed at…
- India
Electoral bonds: ECI uploads data with unique identification numbers
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday, March 21, made public a fresh data set of electoral bonds, including the unique identification numbers or the alpha-numeric numbers that can help match…
- Telangana
BRS received over Rs 1,300 cr through electoral bonds
Hyderabad: The BRS in Telangana has received Rs 1,322 crore through 2,188 electoral bonds and about half of the amount (Rs 661 crore) was encashed on four different days from October 11,…