Electoral Bonds: When Union Home Minister Amit Shah was asked that Rahul Gandhi has termed electoral bonds as hafta recovery, what did you have to say on this? In response to this question, Shah strongly attacked Rahul Gandhi and said, he should answer why Congress collected Rs 1600 crore a week. If we have received donations of Rs 6 thousand crores, then Congress has also received Rs 1600 crores. Even the India Alliance has received Rs 6 thousand crores. Even the arrogant alliance has not got a single penny less than us. Rahul Gandhi should tell from where he collected the hafta.
Amit Shah further said on election bonds, I say that this is not a hafta, but a pure donation. But if Rahul Gandhi himself is calling it a week’s recovery, then he should give an account of Rs 6 thousand crores. Shah further said, Rahul Gandhi, who reads the speech written by others, does not know that he has shot himself in the foot.
BJP gets Rs 6986.5 crore from election bonds, Future Gaming top donor for DMK
According to the data shared by the Election Commission on March 17 regarding canceled electoral bonds, BJP had received the maximum money from electoral bonds. According to the data, BJP had received donations of Rs 6986.5 crore, while ‘Future Gaming and Hotel Services’ had donated Rs 509 crore to Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK. Donations made by ‘Future Gaming’ constitute more than 77 per cent of the total receipts from electoral bonds of Rs 656.5 crore reported by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). The owner of this company, lottery king Santiago Martin, is under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received the highest amount of Rs 6,986.5 crore through these (bonds) since the implementation of the electoral bond scheme in 2018. This was followed by West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress (Rs 1,397 crore), Congress (Rs 1,334 crore) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (Rs 1,322 crore). According to the data, Odisha’s ruling party BJD received Rs 944.5 crore. After this, DMK redeemed bonds worth Rs 656.5 crore and Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party YSR Congress redeemed bonds worth about Rs 442.8 crore.
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