Electoral bonds: India's Supreme Court scraps anonymous election funding - BBC News

The Supreme Court has struck down a scheme which allowed anonymous donations to political parties.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Opposition parties have protested against electoral bondsIndia's top court has struck down a scheme that allowed people to make anonymous donations to political parties, calling it unconstitutional.

Electoral bonds were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in 2018 to make political funding more transparent.

But critics say it's done the opposite and made the process more opaque.

Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has received most of the funds through the bonds.

The scheme was challenged in the Supreme Court as a "distortion of democracy".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68302442

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