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In a first reaction over the current Electoral Bonds row, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that the whole Electoral Bond narrative is being built on assumptions..
Speaking at India Today Conclave, FM, however, said that the electoral bond system may not have been perfect, but lessons will be learnt from the Supreme Court Judgement to bring a more transparent system, whenever it will be framed...
Will make efforts to make the process more transparent," Sitharaman said.. Electoral Bonds System was not perfect by the earlier system prior to that was 100% imperfect: FM..
Questioning the system before electoral bonds, she said that, unlike earlier system, money was routed through bank accounts under electoral bond system..
On Thursday, the Election Commission published data on electoral bonds provided by the State Bank of India (SBI) on its website..
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