Spokespersons: Shri Jairam Ramesh and Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Shri Jairam Ramesh said- You might remember that on February 15, 2024, the Supreme Court had given its verdict that the Electoral Bond Scheme is unconstitutional. After that, on March 21, 2024, due to the pressure of the Supreme Court, the State Bank of India put all the information in the public. All the information regarding -Who has bought the electoral bond, when and which parties have benefited- was published.

On March 31, 2024, our Party, taking that information, using Python code, found four ways through which this conspiracy was hatched.

The first way was - give donation, get business. The second way was - take contract, give donation. The first way, give donation, get business. This became prepaid. The second way was, take contract, give donation or give bribe, it can be said that it became postpaid. So, the first way was prepaid. The second way was postpaid. In the context of this FIR, the third way is of great importance i.e. ‘Hafta vasooli’ and its other name is postraid. There were many such companies on which raids were conducted. They bought electoral bonds and escaped the ED’s net. So, ED was used heavily in this third way. The fourth way was, fake company. Even today it has not been known who is the real owner of these fake companies. We can guess because there are many masters of shell companies in our country. So, through these four ways, BJP collected more than six thousand crore rupees in five and a half years. Give donation, get business-prepaid. Take contract, give bribe-postpaid. Collect weekly payment-postraid and fourth-fake company.

So, this is the background of this FIR. For four months, we have been demanding that there should be an SIT in the Supreme Court so that there is complete disclosure. We have also demanded a JPC several times in this matter. But the day before yesterday, an FIR has been registered as per the order of a special court in Bangalore. There will be summons, statements will be recorded. Names have been included in the FIR.

Accused No. 1, we have the Finance-Minister of the country, she should resign immediately because she is morally, judicially and politically guilty. ED, Income Tax, these two institutions are directly connected to the Finance Ministry and SBI also comes under the jurisdiction of the Finance Ministry. Therefore, today our demand is that in view of this FIR, the resignation of the Finance-Minister is mandatory. Sunday, 29 September, 2024