The Electoral Bond Scam: The Biggest Scam Since Independence
Following the Supreme Court judgement, the SBI after much reluctance handed over all the details of the electoral bonds to the ECI, which the latter has uploaded on its website.…
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Logical Hope to Save Democracy is only BSP
by Ajit Kumar Lenka and S. Noonia Complexities mongering around electoral bond scheme got filtered out after facing stringent attitude of Supreme Court . Image came out very clearer as…
Corporates and Common People in India’s ‘New Democracy’: The ‘raid’ and ‘red-carpet’ aspects of the electoral bond scheme/scam
INTRODUCTION In the contemporary world, democracy generally includes: citizens’ civil and political rights, including their freedom of speech and the right to know how state institutions operate; the principle of…
Only a Fuhrer-type Leader Could Ensure That Constitutional/ Statutory Bodies Don’t Take Even A Nano-step To Investigate Electoral Bond Scam
Were INDIA Bloc Parties to win 2024 elections, a Judicial Enquiry Commission should be set up to enquire into the electoral bond scam – said to be the biggest financial…
Open Letter to the Attorney General for India. Stand up on Electoral Bond Scam. Ensure Impartial Enquiry
Dear Venkataramani, I would like to know what you think about the judgement regarding electoral bonds. The other day you were telling the Chief Justice of India that the late…
Open Letter to the President of India: Order Judicial Enquiry into the Electoral Bonds Scam
Electoral Bonds- Latest revelations indicate NDA involved in quid pro quos/ intimidation/ extortion/ money-laundering through shell companies, in getting a lion's share of corporate funding at the cost of public…
The sordid story of the unholy Bond: Blood money, ransom, or outright bribe?
Responding to widespread public criticism of electoral bonds in the light of recent revelations, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister, is reported to have said,“All major parties encashed electoral bonds; nobody…
Unveiling the Veil: Understanding the Electoral Bond Controversy
The recent disclosure by the Election Commission of India sheds light on the intricate web of financial transactions underlying political funding in the country. Two crucial PDF documents uploaded by…
Corporate donations through Electoral Bonds and other instruments possibly involve quid pro quos/ intimidation/ extortion- Appeal for directing the CVC to institute an investigation
To Smt. Droupadi Murmu Hon’ble President of India Respected Rashtrapati Ji, Kindly refer to my letter of March 12th, 2024 about the haste in which the NDA government was trying to select candidates to be appointed…
Droupadi Murmu Should be Prevented from Doing a ‘Fakhruddin-Ali-Ahmed’ on the Indian Republic
Is India headed for Internal Emergency -II The present political developments parallel what happened during 1975 to 77. [P. S. Sahni is a member of PIL Watch Group. Blog: https://pilwatchgroup.blogspot.com/…
The struggle is not just for transparency of corporate political donations but also for curbing their baneful impact
In recent days the political scene in India has been full of discussion on big-time donations to political parties, particularly by corporate interests, and the strong stand taken on this…
Letter to President of India: Non-transparency of funding through Electoral Bonds, appointment of political nominees on the Boards of SBI, BEL, ECIL and violating norms of appointment of Election Commissioners vitiates integrity of elections
ToSmt. Droupadi Murmu Hon’ble President of India Respected Rashtrapati Ji, I wish to place before you certain distressing facts revolving around a well-orchestrated strategy of the ruling political party at the Centre that…
The ECI should not only freeze all amounts received by political parties through the Electoral Bonds scheme but also force the SBI to disclose the details immediately, failing which the Commission should delay announcement of the election schedule
To Shri Rajiv KumarChief Election CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Shri A C PandeyElection CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Shri Arun GoelElection CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Dear S/Shri Rajiv Kumar/ Pandey/ Goel, Please…
Freeze all amounts that accrued to political parties through unconstitutional Electoral Bonds
ToShri Rajiv KumarChief Election CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Shri A C PandeyElection CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Shri Arun GoelElection CommissionerElection Commission of India (ECI) Dear S/Shri Rajiv Kumar/ Pandey/ Goel, The apex…
Supreme Court of India declares Electoral Bond Scheme unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of India struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme of 2017, holding it to be unconstitutional. While pronouncing the unanimous verdict of the five-bench constitutional bench, Chief Justice…
Finance Ministry’s latest notification on Electoral Bonds violates the Model Code of Conduct
Finance Ministry's latest notification on Electoral Bonds violates the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and disturbs the level-playing ground for political parties To Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner Election Commission of…
Electoral Bonds No Solution To Illegal Political-Funding
How do donations via electoral bonds funded by legal or illegal money help curb undue influence on policy makers? Electoral bonds provide an additional of such funds. The Union Government initiated…
Electoral bond notification in violation of model code of conduct, EC must intervene
Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner Shri A C Pandey Election Commissioner Dear S/Shri Rajiv Kumar and Pandey, I wonder whether the Election Commission of India (ECI) has come across…
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