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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the electoral bonds scheme and issue were not a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..
In an interview with Chnnai-based Thanthi TV on Sunday, PM Modi was asked whether publishing of electoral bonds data caused any embarrassment or setback to the BJP..
Responding to this question, PM Modi said, "Tell me what have we done that we will face a setback?.
The Prime Minister added, "Modi formed electoral bonds because of which you are able to find out who received the bonds, then they received and who donated them..
The scheme allowed people to make any amount of donation to political parties of their choice while maintaining anonymity. . Recently, the Election Commission, upon the Supreme Court order, published details of all the donors of the electoral bonds and political parties which received them..
