Uproar in the Lok Sabha as Congress party raked up the issue of Electoral bonds in the house. Congress MP Manish Tewari has accused the government of covering up their corruption through Electoral bond scheme.
Accusing the BJP of corruptionn, Tewari said, ” I want to draw the attention of the House towards electoral bonds. The electoral bond scheme was limited to elections. RTI in 2018 reveled that government overruled Reserve Bank of India on electoral bonds. Firstly when the scheme was limited to the Lok Sabha elections. But before the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections, the PMO had floated a request for window to be opened for electoral bonds.”
He further said, “Corruption has been covered up through electoral bonds.”
The party is referring to the recent reports by Nitin Sethi of the HuffPost India said that the government had ignored suggestions and warning by the Reserve Bank of India and the Election Commission on the scheme when it was being proposed in 2017 and flouted norms. Further, the report also revealed that the PMO had asked for an additional 10-day window to sell the electoral bonds ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections even though the scheme was limited to the general elections.