The Narendra Modi government opened three windows for the sale of electoral bonds in 2018 ostensibly in violation of the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018, suggest documents accessed through the Right to Information Act. The three windows were opened before and after assembly elections in nine states that year.
Electoral bonds are a financial instrument used to fund political parties in India. More than Rs 10,000 crore have been funnelled into parties since they were introduced.
