PM Narendra Modi Says Everyone Will Regret Rollback Of Electoral Bonds Scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the now scrapped electoral bonds scheme was aimed at curbing black money in elections, adding that "everyone will regret it when there is an honest reflection". In an interview with news agency ANI, the Prime Minister spoke about the electoral bonds scheme, which was struck down by the Supreme Court on February 15 this year. The top court called the scheme "unconstitutional", saying it violated the right to information of citizens, impacting free speech and expression. PM Modi noted that while he never said that a decision cannot have shortcomings, he accused the opposition parties of "spreading lies" over electoral bonds. PM Modi said the BJP earlier decided to take all political donation by cheques but businesses expressed apprehension, saying this way the governments would know how much they had contributed to a political party and would "trouble them".