Earlier in the day, the State Bank of India (SBI) filed a compliance affidavit in the Supreme Court saying all details on the electoral bonds have been given to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and “nothing is withheld”
The Election Commission of India on Thursday released the Electoral Bonds data including purchase and redemption details and bond numbers to match donors with parties.
The data is available at this link www.eci.gov.in/candidate-politicalparty
Earlier in the day, the State Bank of India (SBI) filed a compliance affidavit in the Supreme Court saying all details on the electoral bonds have been given to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and “nothing is withheld”.
“The State Bank of India has provided/disclosed all details of the electoral bonds which are in its possession and custody to the Election Commission of India,” the affidavit read.
On Monday, the apex court had directed the SBI to provide comprehensive details of all electoral bonds, including the unique bond numbers revealing connections between buyers and recipients by Thursday, March 21, at 5:00 pm. The poll panel was also instructed to upload the data received from SBI.
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In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15 this year, a five-judge Constitution bench had scrapped the Centre’s electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it “unconstitutional” and ordered disclosure by the EC of donors, the amount donated by them and the recipients by March 13.
