EC makes fresh electoral bonds data public; BJP encashed bonds worth nearly Rs 7,000 crore

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The Election Commission has released new information on the now-banned electoral bonds, which was previously submitted to the Supreme Court in sealed covers, following a directive to make it available to the public...

The Bharatiya Janata Party encashed electoral bonds totalling Rs 6,986.5 crore, with a maximum of Rs 2,555 crore being received in 2019-20...

The Indian National Congress redeemed a total of Rs 1,334.35 crore through electoral bonds, data shows.. Data shows that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) received Rs 656.5 crore through electoral bonds, including Rs 509 crore from lottery king Santiago Martin's Future Gaming...

Political parties had filed data on Electoral Bonds in sealed cover as directed by the Supreme Court's interim order dated April 12, 2019, the poll panel said in a statement...

The Election Commission of India has today uploaded the data received in the digitized form from the registry of the Supreme Court on electoral bonds on its website," EC said...

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