Petition filed in SC for SIT probe in electoral bond scam

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Petition filed in SC for SIT probe in electoral bond scam

Sunday, 28 April 2024 | Staff Reporter | BHOPAL

Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan said in Bhopal, 'The companies which have given crores of rupees to BJP through electoral bonds have been involved in corruption in some way or the other. The BJP government can give a clean chit by taking donations from these companies, hence they have filed a petition in the Supreme Court, which has been accepted and hearing is in the next week.

Prashant said in a discussion with the media at Gandhi Bhawan in Bhopal on Saturday, 'I have demanded the court to form an SIT and conduct an investigation. It has been requested to include a team of retired Supreme Court judges, retired CBI and ED officers.

He said, 'The medicines of more than 20 companies like Zydus Cadila (Ahmedabad based company), which manufactures Remdesivir drug, were allowed to run in the country despite being dangerous for the public, because these companies gave money to BJP through electoral bonds. This company is from Gujarat and no action has been taken against it even after reports of making dangerous medicines.

Prashant Bhushan said, 'The maximum part of the money of Rs 16000 crores was given as a bribe. There is also a possibility of misuse of government institutions like CBI, ED. In fact, no action has been initiated against any company through them till now. There is a possibility that CBI, ED and other investigating agencies will be used to put pressure on these companies, hence they do not want the institutions under the Center to investigate the companies.

This press conference was organized by the National Campaign for Right to Information (NCPRI). Social activist Anjali Bhardwaj said, 'Electoral bonds are unconstitutional. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman herself has said that if her government is formed then she will change the Constitution.

She said, '40 percent of the bonds have been given to BJP by the companies which are among the beneficiaries. The direct question arises that if the intentions of the companies were right then why were the bonds given only to BJP? Why were bonds not given to other parties?

Referring to the 2G case, Bhardwaj said, 'The central government has gone to the Supreme Court to change the decision of 2G. When the decision in this matter came, it was revealed that a misappropriation worth lakhs of crores had been done by auctioning the spectrum. Bharti Telecom has been responsible in this matter and this company has given electoral bonds to BJP. Similar situation exists in the case of Megha Enterprises Company also.

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