BJP misused central agencies to garner Rs 400 crore through electoral bonds: Cong

The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP has misused central agencies like ED and CBI to garner Rs 400 crore through electoral bonds from 45 companies after raids on them and demanded that it should come out with a white paper on its finances if it cared about democracy.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge cited media reports saying fresh investigations have revealed that 15 more companies donated to the BJP after raids were conducted on them by central probe agencies.

“Was it blackmail, extortion, loot and coercion to get more donations?? A fresh investigation shows 15 more companies, donated to BJP after ED, CBI, IT raids, making it a total of 45 companies paying BJP nearly Rs 400 crore,” Kharg alleged in a post on X.