[Marxistindia] SBI Must Comply With Court Order

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 7, 2024

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

SBI Must Comply With Court Order

 

The State Bank of India has failed to provide all the details of electoral
bonds to the Election Commission by March 6 as directed by the Supreme Court
in its judgment that declared electoral bonds as unconstitutional.  The
judgment provided three weeks time to the SBI to furnish this information.

 

Instead, on the eve of the deadline of March 6, the SBI approached the court
asking for another 116 days to submit the details by June 30.  

 

This is an obvious ploy to ensure that the details of electoral bonds are
not made public till the elections are over.  It is unbelievable that the
SBI, whose operations are digitalized, cannot compile all the relevant
details of electoral bonds in a few days time.

 

The SBI could have taken this untenable stand only due to the pressure of
the Modi government.  The Supreme Court should ensure that the SBI submits
all the details of the electoral bonds forthwith.  

 

The Polit Bureau calls upon its Party units to organize protests demanding
the same.  

 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

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