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TMC on electoral bonds: Supreme Court strikes down electoral bond scheme and asks Election Commission to disclose its data. On Sunday, the Election Commission released the latest data from China covering the period before April 12, 2019. Trinamool gave extraordinary response to 2018-19 electoral bonds revelations.
Trinamool claimed that unknown persons had left the money at their respective offices in Kolkata, due to which they could not know the names and addresses of the donors. TMC has not disclosed the identity of the donors who collectively contributed around Rs 75 crore through electoral bonds between July 16, 2018 and May 22, 2019. Janata Dal (U) also gave the same reply as Trinamool.
What did Trinamool say?
TMC, in its application to the Election Commission on 27 May 2019, said that most of these bonds were sent anonymously to its office. were put in drop boxes or left by someone in the office, making it impossible for them to trace the names and details of the buyers.
Trinamool told how the bond can be identified
Trinamool suggested that electoral bonds issued by the State Bank of India could be identified using a special number given to them. The party indicated that SBI, as the sole issuer of these bonds, has all the necessary details of the bondholders. This includes their KYC documents, PAN card, identity proof, address proof and other supporting documents as per the bank's requirements.