A day after the State Bank of India (SBI) sought time from the Supreme Court until June 30 to submit details of the electoral bond scheme, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Narendra Modi-led government of using the SBI as a “shield to hide its dubious dealings”. The party also asked whether the SBI and the ruling party were together defying the order of the Supreme Court.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr. Kharge claimed that experts are of the view that nearly 45,000 automated data entries of donors can be matched within 24 hours. “Why does the SBI then need 4 more months, to collate this information?” asked the Congress chief.
“Modi Govt is using the largest bank of our country as a shield to hide its dubious dealings through Electoral Bonds,” Mr. Kharge alleged.
