"Are all 1,300 companies that donated through bonds thieves?" Acharya Pramod Krishnam amid Oppn barbs at Centre
Opposition volleys over the publication of date on polling funding through electoral bonds on the official portal of the Election Commission (EC), expelled Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Saturday asked if the rival parties were suggesting that all the 1,300 firms that made donations via electoral bonds were 'thieves'.
Speaking to on Saturday, Acharya Krishnam, who has been taking regular potshots at the Congress since being expelled for 'anti-party activities', said, «All political parties across the world receive donations. Are they (Opposition) suggesting that the 1,300 companies that made political donations through these electoral bonds, the money from which went into nation-building, are thieves? Are they robbers? The money they have donated is now on record. It is in the public domain. Casting aspersions on the contributions that are on record shows the dirty mindset of the Opposition.»
Coming down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who claimed earlier that the BJP was running the «biggest extortion in the world» through the Electoral Bond Scheme, the expelled leader added, «The entire Opposition has started speaking in Rahul-ji's language. This is most unfortunate.»
Acharya Krishnam added that the Opposition was questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intent behind launching the Electoral Bond Scheme.
«Prime Minister Modi's intent is as transparent as the waters of the Gangotri. The Opposition wants to put a stain on it. Those who have looted the country for 70 years are now raising
