Meet Commodore Lokesh Batra, the former navy officer on a mission to expose electoral bonds

At a time when high-ranking officials settle for cushy post-retirement jobs, Commodore Lokesh Batra is running a lone crusade to ensure transparency in the Electoral Bond scheme.

#ElectoralBonds #corruption #ECI #RBI #BJP #PMCARES #NarendraModi #RTI #transparency #elections #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-commodore-lokesh-batra-former-navy-officer-mission-expose-electoral-bonds-172806

Electoral bonds: How India's super rich are slyly buying their way to power

Behind a veil of secrecy, electoral bonds seem to have ushered in a second ‘Company Raj’.

#ElectoralBonds #corruption #BJP #business #ECI #INC #CronyCapitalism #india

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/electoral-bonds-how-indias-super-rich-are-slyly-buying-their-way-to-power

BJP Made ₹5,270 Crore From Electoral Bonds From 2018-2022. Others Got...

The BJP received more than half of all electoral bonds, the controversial financial tool that helps companies donate unlimited amounts of money to political parties anonymously, bought between March 2018 and 2022, Election Commission data has shown.

According to disclosures by political parties, the BJP received ₹ 5,270 crore out of a total of ₹ 9,208 crore or 57 per cent of all total electoral bonds sold till 2022.

#BJP #ElectoralBonds #INC #TMC #ElectionCommission #ECI #elections #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-secured-57-of-electoral-bonds-between-2018-2022-congress-got-10-3702176

RT @GorwayGlobal@twitter.com

@yadsul@twitter.com @catale7a@twitter.com He claimed black money reduction in 2020 4 years after the disaster of DeMonetisation. By then of course ther #electoralbonds scheme has been brought in and corruption had actually increased.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GorwayGlobal/status/1610746505488384000

RT #MorbiBridgeCollapse #ElectoralBonds #MorbiBridgeCollapse #ElectoralBondsOriginal Tweet @ https://twitter.com/Pawankhera

Testing Time..

RT @barandbench@twitter.com

#BREAKING CJI DY Chandrachud led bench of #SupremeCourt to hear plea challenging the electoral bond scheme that allows for anonymous funding of political parties TOMORROW #electoralbonds

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1594700693344243712

#GujaratHimachalElection2022 பெரும் கார்ப்பரேட் முதலாளிகளிடம் #ElectoralBonds மூலம் பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான கோடி ரூபாய் நன்கொடை பெற்றுக் கொள்ள ரிசர்வ் வங்கியின் அனுமதியை பெறாமல் #ModiGovt தேர்தல் பத்திர திட்டத்தை நீட்டித்து அறிவிப்பு. Read More: https://bit.ly/3Gzysxy

குஜராத் சட்டமன்ற தேர்தல்களையொட்டி மீண்டும் ஒரு முறை தேர்தல் பத்திரங்கள் விற்பனை; அரசியல் ஊழல் சட்டமயமாக்குவது நிறுத்தப்பட வேண்டும். தேர்தல் பத்திரங்கள் தூக்கியெறியப்பட வேண்டும் - தோழர் @SitaramYechury@twitter.com பொதுச் செயலாளர் #CPIM #ElectoralBonds #GujaratPolls #ScrapElectoralBonds

Many in SBI ought to be perfectly capable of doing this.

Whistleblower, anyone?

RT @GorwayGlobal@twitter.com

@ndtv@twitter.com The greatest most patriotic service @TheOfficialSBI@twitter.com can do is publish the entire database of #ElectoralBonds purchasers. That would purge India's political system of all corruption.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GorwayGlobal/status/1577765960492191769

Many in SBI ought to be perfectly capable of doing this.

Whistleblower, anyone?

RT @GorwayGlobal@twitter.com

@ndtv@twitter.com The greatest most patriotic service @TheOfficialSBI@twitter.com can do is publish the entire database of #ElectoralBonds purchasers. That would purge India's political system of all corruption.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GorwayGlobal/status/1577765960492191769

"Thereby enhancing transparency in funding"

#ElectoralBonds
#TransparencyInFunding

#AreYouBloodyCrazy

@ECISVEEP@twitter.com
@SpokespersonECI@twitter.com

BAN Electoral Bonds.
STOP linking aadhaar with Voter ID.

RT @ndtv@twitter.com

Election Commission Seeks Cap On Cash Donations To Political Parties https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/election-commission-seeks-cap-on-cash-donations-to-political-parties-3359265

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1572072794091061252

"Thereby enhancing transparency in funding"

#ElectoralBonds
#TransparencyInFunding

#AreYouBloodyCrazy

@ECISVEEP@twitter.com
@SpokespersonECI@twitter.com

BAN Electoral Bonds.
STOP linking aadhaar with Voter ID.

RT @ndtv@twitter.com

Election Commission Seeks Cap On Cash Donations To Political Parties https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/election-commission-seeks-cap-on-cash-donations-to-political-parties-3359265

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1572072794091061252

18,779 #ElectoralBonds worth Rs. 10246.2251 crore sold from March 2018 to July 2022, reports @adrspeaks@twitter.com.

18,779 #ElectoralBonds worth Rs. 10246.2251 crore sold from March 2018 to July 2022, reports @adrspeaks@twitter.com.

Erudite lecture on Anonymous Electoral Bonds surely coming soon from the honorable Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, the 48th and current Chief Justice of India.

If speeches were horses..

RT @adrspeaks@twitter.com

18,779 #ElectoralBonds worth Rs. 10246.2251 crore sold from March 2018 to July 2022

#ElectoralBond #ElectoralBondScheme #ElectoralBondsScheme

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/adrspeaks/status/1561684649499566080

Erudite lecture on Anonymous Electoral Bonds surely coming soon from the honorable Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, the 48th and current Chief Justice of India.

If speeches were horses..

RT @adrspeaks@twitter.com

18,779 #ElectoralBonds worth Rs. 10246.2251 crore sold from March 2018 to July 2022

#ElectoralBond #ElectoralBondScheme #ElectoralBondsScheme

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/adrspeaks/status/1561684649499566080

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/govt-eyes-guinness-world-record-with-azadi-event-415916 Wheneer anything that says #CSR free - that is first channel of direct corporate money going into local party men.

#ElectoralBonds are only to top, local party folks need these #CSR money.

To end corruption in Electoral Funding, the BJP legalized electoral bribery.

This brilliant move impressed the Supreme Court so much that they promptly decided to preserve it by putting this genius scheme into permanent cold storage.

#electoralbonds

RT @t_d_h_nair@twitter.com

To end illegal Sand mining in the Chambal sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh plans to make it legal.

What an idea! Shivraj Chauhan is a real genius!
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/end-illegal-mining-mp-legal-parts-of-chambal-sanctuary-7980795/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/t_d_h_nair/status/1539132658445602816

To end corruption in Electoral Funding, the BJP legalized electoral bribery.

This brilliant move impressed the Supreme Court so much that they promptly decided to preserve it by putting this genius scheme into permanent cold storage.

#electoralbonds

RT @t_d_h_nair@twitter.com

To end illegal Sand mining in the Chambal sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh plans to make it legal.

What an idea! Shivraj Chauhan is a real genius!
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/end-illegal-mining-mp-legal-parts-of-chambal-sanctuary-7980795/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/t_d_h_nair/status/1539132658445602816

RT @krishna1715@twitter.com

Besides #ElectoralBonds, several provisions in the Indian Companies Act directly responsible for India being among the worst as far as environmental protection is concerned.

India ranks at the bottom in list on environmental performance of 180 countries https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/india-ranks-at-the-bottom-in-a-list-180-countries-in-the-2022-environmental-performance-index/article65497256.ece

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/krishna1715/status/1534041893893730305