BJP took money from gambling firms, its loot exposed: Ashok Gehlot on electoral bonds

Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday attacked the BJP alleging that its loot was exposed to the people of the country with the publishing of the electoral bonds data and called the ED the "extortion" wing of the ruling party.

He claimed that BJP took donations from companies involved in betting and gambling.

Gehlot's comments came a day after the Election Commission made the electoral bond figures public.

"After the electoral bond data became public, the loot committed by the Bharatiya Janata Party has come to the fore in front of the country," Gehlot, in a statement on X, said.

इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड का डाटा सार्वजनिक होने के बाद भारतीय जनता पार्टी द्वारा मचाई गई लूट देश के सामने आ गई है। इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड की जानकारी से तो ऐसा लगता है कि ED भाजपा का एक्सटोर्सन डिपार्टमेंट बनकर रह गई है। जिन कंपनियों पर केन्द्रीय एजेंसियों ने छापे मारे, उन्होंने ही भाजपा को…

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"From the information about electoral bonds, it seems that ED has become the extortion department of BJP. The companies which were raided by the central agencies were the ones which donated electoral bonds to BJP and the ongoing action against them was stopped," he added.

The Congress leader said his party was always against the scheme and called it the biggest scam in the country.

He called BJP was the most corrupt party in the country for having institutionalised corruption.