Democracy and the Constitution of India will be in danger if the BJP comes back to power again. The Central government not only abused and ‘captured’ institutions such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax (I-T) department, but also ‘weakened’ the Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and vice-chancellors of universities by appointing affiliate members, said activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan here on Sunday.
Addressing a meeting organised by Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan (BJA) and Telangana People’s JAC (TPJAC), along with Telangana People’s JAC convenor G. Haragopal and Anjali Bharadwaj of Common Cause, he said that the electoral bonds scheme is the biggest scam ever in the country.
“The scale of corruption is much beyond ₹8,400 crore. Contracts and projects worth lakhs of crores were awarded on the basis of quid pro quo of electoral bonds,” he alleged. An analysis of EB data indicated possible corruption and illegality and requires investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under court monitoring, he said.
