Will Electoral Bonds Actually Ensure Transparency in Political Funding?

Although Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claims that the introduction of an Electoral Bond scheme will ensure a transparent political funding system, Senior Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talks to Newsclick about the real implications of such a scheme.

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Pegasus Deposition

Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/