Election 2022: Fight for Democracy - Electoral Bonds
Channel: Hasgeek TV
Date: 2022-02-24

Publicly available documents obtained through RTI activism reveal the extent of misrepresentation around the topic of Electoral Bonds. The Parliament, the Election Commission and the citizens of India were not provided with the correct, contextual and complete information - including the fact that the India’s Central Bank - the RBI had serious objections to this controversial scheme. As it happens one hand the then Finance Minister said in his budget speech that this was all about “transparency in electoral funding” while at a media interaction explained that the bonds are designed “to keep the donor anonymous”.

The panelists discuss the toxic effect of this scheme and how it impacts democratic contests.

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