And in an interview to ANI launched immediately, Modi claimed “when electoral bonds had been in use, the general public had entry to the cash path — which firm donated, to whom they donated, and the way they donated.”
On the finish of October 2023, in a press release filed earlier than the Supreme Court docket within the electoral bonds case, attorney-general R. Venkataramani submitted that residents “would not have the fitting to info below article 19(1)(a) of the Structure relating to the funding of a political get together”.
Calling Modi’s claims “a bald-faced lie”, Ramesh’s assertion made the next factors:
1. Earlier than the electoral bonds scheme was introduced, people and companies needed to report political donations larger than Rs 20,000. As soon as the scheme was applied, donors had been not obliged to report donations, and political events didn’t need to disclose donor identities.
2. The scheme was designed to be absolutely nameless. In different phrases, Modi wished to cover the main points of “the place funds have come from [to political parties], and the way they’re getting used”.
3. For six years between 2018 and 2024, not a single element was revealed to the general public about who donated funds and to which political get together.
4. This continued till 15 February 2024, when the Supreme Court docket rejected the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional. Up till the final day in court docket, the Modi authorities continued to defend the anonymity of the scheme.
