Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of hiding 'donation business' as SBI seeks extension for electoral bond disclosure
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying his best to hide the "donation business." The former Congress president's remark came hours after the State Bank of India (SBI) approached the apex court seeking more time to disclose the names of donors.
In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, «When the Supreme Court has stated that it is the right of the countrymen to know the truth about electoral bonds, why does SBI want this information not to be made public before the elections?»
«Asking for time until 30th June for information that can be retrieved with one click shows that there is nothing black in the pulses; the entire pulses are black,» Gandhi added.
The SBI, this evening, moved the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time till June 30 to submit details of Electoral Bonds to the Election Commission of India.
SBI in its application said that it needs extra time to disclose details of electoral bonds encashed by political parties. There are certain practical difficulties with the decoding exercise and the timeline fixed for it, said the bank.
On March 15, the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court asked the SBI to furnish details of the political parties that received Electoral Bonds since April 12, 2019, and all the particulars received and submit them to the Election Commission of India by March 6.
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