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HISTORICAL FACTS: Activists seek sc monitored probe into electoral bonds - The Untold Story

A day after the entire data on electoral bonds were made public, activists and petitioners said on Friday that an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) should be formed to probe all aspects of the now-scrapped scheme.

Claiming that electoral bonds had emerged as the biggest scam of Independent India, lawyer Prashant Bhushan said at a press conference: “There were no money trails on 2G and coal scams. But the Supreme Court ordered a SC-monitored probe. What came out in electoral bonds has money trail, and there should be an SC-monitored probe”.

Also read: Do the electoral bonds disclosures merit a full-fledged probe? | In Focus podcast

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