Cong demands scrapping of electoral bond scheme, calls it beginning of legitimizing bribery

Congress on Tuesday demanded the scrapping of the electoral bond scheme alleging that this scheme would only legitimise bribery and promote corporate donors to donate a large amount of money in return for favours.

New Delhi:Congress on Tuesday demanded to scrap the electoral bond scheme alleging that the BJP government is proposing for this scheme which is "nothing but a manner to legitimise bribery and institutionalise a quid-pro-quo system where corporate donors give large amounts of donation to BJP and receive favours in return."

The Congress also alleged the BJP government of bulldozing objections raised by Election Commission of India (ECI).

While addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Gaurav Gogoi said, "Election Commission has raised several objections to the scheme which BJP had bulldozed and has left no stone unturned to even cover-up their checks and errors in the Parliament."

"They are willfully and deliberately misleading the Parliament as well as the people of this country", said Gogoi.

He cited a letter, written by Election Commission to the Ministry of Law and Justice, expressing their concern regarding the scheme, which stated that the electoral bond scheme is a "retrograde step as far as transparency of donations is concerned."

Tagging this scheme as a 'big scam', Gogoi demanded, "We want the BJP government to provide the details of this scheme in interest of transparency, let them come up and say which are the companies who have given those donations."

"Congress party also wants to know whether the Government has taken any action over the concerns raised by the Reserve Bank of India as well as by the Election Commission," he added.

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