BJP’s Ginormous Corruption Exposed by Electoral Bonds Data

The corruption of the BJP government at the centre, which has been boasting that its government has no corruption and has been providing corruption-free governance for the past ten years, has been exposed. BJP’s corruption came to light with the Supreme Court’s verdict on the matter of electoral bonds. The Central Election Commission has revealed the details of the State Bank of India’s electoral bonds, that funded political parties, following the Supreme Court’s order to reveal the names of those who bought the electoral bonds.

BJP alone has 46.7 percent of Electoral Bonds

According to this, a total of Rs 12,999 crores have been received in the form of electoral bonds to all the political parties in the country. Of these, 46.7 percent that is, almost half came to the account of the ruling BJP. According to the Election Commission, Rs 6,060 crore worth of bonds have come into BJP’s account. Lottery king Santiago Martin-owned Future Gaming and Hotel Services (₹1,368 crore) were among the top contributors. Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (Rs. 966 crore); Quick Supply Chain (Rs. 410 crore); Vedanta (Rs 400 crore), Haldia Energy (Rs 377 crore). Grasim Limited, Jindal Steel and Power, DLF and Dr Reddy’s also bought electoral bonds. Bharti Airtel Group has donated ₹247 crore. But all these organizations are also alleged to have donated to the BJP at the Centre in the form of election bonds.

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Allegations of the Congress and the Left pick up strength

Moreover, it is known that the Left parties and Congress have on many occasions accused the BJP government at the Centre of buying vaccines at the highest prices from many companies and making huge profits for those companies. But if we look at the current situation, those allegations seem to have gained more strength. As the details of the bonds disclosed by the Central Election Commission also include the names of companies like Bharat Biotech and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. There are allegations that the BJP government bought the vaccines from Bharat Biotech, which developed Covaxin during the coronavirus period, by paying a high price.

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BJP has been benefitting from 2018 till today from electoral bonds

It is known that the BJP government introduced electoral bonds in 2018 as a legal way of providing funds to political parties. These bonds were issued by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest bank. However, the latest developments have once again made it clear that since the introduction of these electoral bonds till today, the BJP has benefited heavily. It is reported that the leaders of the BJP also feel that the issue of electoral bonds has hit their government as a sudden blow in the wake of the release of the general election schedule on Saturday. Political analysts believe that the issue of electoral bonds is likely to affect the BJP’s chances of victory in this election.