The CPI(M)‘s State Secretary in West Bengal, Md Salim, said on March 17 that revelations on electoral bonds triggered by the apex court’s orders have exposed the similarities between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress. He said that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) stands proud and vindicated for challenging the electoral bond scheme before the Supreme Court,
Addressing a press conference at the CPI(M) headquarters in Kolkata, Mr. Salim said that electoral bonds were a “political bribe” to secure contracts, something similar to the cut money culture in West Bengal.
“CPI(M) is the only political party which has not taken a single penny from any corporate. No corporate can dare to claim to have issued a bribe to the CPI(M). The corporates have given the highest bribe to the BJP and then to the Trinamool Congress and other parties,” the CPI(M) leader said.
