Electoral bonds: Akhilesh Yadav welcomes SC order rejecting SBI's plea, targets BJP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday expressed delight over the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the SBI’s plea seeking extension of time to furnish the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission.

When asked to comment on the apex court’s judgement, Yadav said, “The people of the entire country should be informed about this. Glad that at least the list (list of people associated with electoral bonds) will come through the Supreme Court. From this list it will be known to whom the election bonds related to. Now, the question is whether that list will be made public or not.” The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“Whether you or I will know or not, the BJP knows from where it got donations. If we had received donations, we would have known. Whether the public will know this or not is the biggest question,” he told reporters at the Samajwadi Party (SP) office here.