Aurobindo buys bonds for BJP after director’s arrest in liquor case

Sharat Chandra Reddy turned approver in the Liquor policy case in which Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and BRS MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla have been arrested.

BySouth First Desk

Published Mar 22, 2024 | 1:07 PMUpdatedMar 22, 2024 | 1:07 PM

Aurobindo Parma's non-executive director P Sharat Chandra Reddy was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case on 10 November 2022. (Aurobindo Pharma website)

Hyderabad-based pharma major Aurobindo and its subsidiaries, whose director P Sharat Chandra Reddy was arrested in the liquor case, donated ₹77 crore via electoral bonds, most of which went to BJP. A major chunk of the donation to BJP came after his arrest. Of ₹77 crore, ₹15 crore went to BRS and ₹2.5 crore to Telugu Desai Party.

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