ECI has uploaded data pertaining to the reception of electoral bonds on website

Time will tell how beneficial and effective the new system is: Dattatreya

ECI received data from the registry of the Supreme Court

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has uploaded data pertaining to the reception of electoral bonds by political parties that was produced to the supreme court in a sealed cover by the State Bank of India (SBI). “Data so received from political parties was deposited in the Supreme Court without opening sealed covers. In pursuance of the Supreme Court’s order dated March 15, 2024, the Registry of the Supreme Court has returned physical copies along with a digitised record of the same in a pen drive in sealed cover. The Election Commission of India has today uploaded the data received in the digitised form from the registry of the Supreme Court on electoral bonds on its website,” the ECI stated in a press note.
Meanwhile, General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Dattatreya Hosabele who was recently reelected into the position placed the stance of the organisation with regard to the ongoing debate in public domain. “It is not that electoral bonds have suddenly been introduced today, it was brought earlier as well. Whenever a change is introduced, questions are raised. Questions were also raised when the EVMs (electronic voting machines) were introduced…It is natural, but time will tell how beneficial and effective the new system is. Hence, the Sangh thinks it should be left for experiment,” Dattatreya said.