The Election Commission today released data received from political parties on electoral bonds
New Delhi:
The Election Commission today released data received from political parties on electoral bonds, which it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers.
“… The Registry of the Supreme Court has returned physical copies along with a digitised record of the same in a pen drive in sealed cover. The Election Commission of India has today uploaded the data received in digitised form from the registry of the Supreme Court on electoral bonds on its website,” the EC said in a statement today.
The EC released the data a day after it announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.
The latest documents released by the EC only show raw data of the date of the bonds, denominations, number of bonds, issuing State Bank of India (SBI) branch, date of receipt, and date of credit. It does not disclose the unique numbers of the bonds.
The Trinamool Congress has written to SBI asking for the unique numbers of the bonds so that the party can comply with the Supreme Court’s directions. The BJP has not given any such request to SBI, but has given raw data.
Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) said it hasn’t got any donation via electoral bonds.
