Do the electoral bonds disclosures merit a full-fledged probe? | In Focus podcast
After repeated prodding from the Supreme Court, the State Bank of India has finally disclosed the full details of the electoral bonds bought and redeemed. The Election Commission has made the data public. This comes in the wake of the electoral bond being established as patently unconstitutional, a mode of political funding susceptible to corrupt practices.\nNow that the details of who gave how much to which party is in the public domain, what do the numbers reveal? Were the fears of \u2018quid pro quo\u2019 between donors and recipients justified? Are there sufficient grounds to call for a full-fledged anti-corruption investigation?\n\nGuest: Vignesh Radhakrishnan from The Hindu\u2019s data team.\nHost: G. Sampath, Social Affairs Editors, The Hindu.\nEdited by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian.