Election Commission makes fresh electoral bonds data public

These details are believed to from the period before 12 April, 2019. Electoral bond details after this date were made public last week.

ByPTI

Published Mar 17, 2024 | 3:50 PMUpdatedMar 17, 2024 | 5:48 PM

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The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday, 17 March, made public fresh data on electoral bonds, which it had submitted in sealed covers to the Supreme Court and was later asked to put it in public domain.

These details are believed to be pertaining to the period before 12 April, 2019. Electoral bond details after this date were made public by the poll panel last week.

Political parties had filed data on Electoral Bonds in sealed cover as directed by the Supreme Court’s interim order dated 12 April, 2019, the poll panel said in a statement.

“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 15 March, 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,” EC said.

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