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The Election Commission on Sunday made public fresh set of declarations received from political parties on electoral bonds. ..
Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday clarified that she had purchased electoral bonds, which she donated to JDS and other parties, in her personal capacity...
Top purchaser of electoral bonds Future Gaming and Hotel Services donated Rs 509 crore to Tamil Nadu's ruling party DMK through the now-scrapped payment mode, the Election Commission's data showed on Sunday...
The donations given by Future Gaming, whose owner, "lottery king" Santiago Martin, has been under the scanner of Enforcement Directorate (ED), accounted for more than 77 per cent of the total receipts from electoral bonds of Rs 656.5 crore disclosed by the DMK...
Since most political parties have not fully disclosed the names of the donors, it was not known who were the beneficiaries of the balance Rs 859 crore worth bonds purchased by Future Gaming...
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