When the government of India introduced the electoral bonds, it claimed they would bring transparency to political party funding. But the bonds have just done the opposite. It compromised electoral transparency and has made political party funding murky in the world’s largest democracy. Why are electoral bonds continuing to damage Indian democracy even after it was red-flagged by the Election Commission of India? Hear this Podumentary out!

Speakers:

Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd)

RTI activist



Jagdeep S Chhokar

Founder & Trustee 

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)



Poonam Agarwal

Freelance Development Researcher, BBC

Editor Investigations, The Quint



SY Quraishi

Former Chief Election Commissioner of India



Ullekh NP 

Executive Editor

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When the government of India introduced the electoral bonds, it claimed they would bring transparency to political party funding. But the bonds have just done the opposite. It compromised electoral transparency and has made political party funding murky in the world’s largest democracy. Why are electoral bonds continuing to damage Indian democracy even after it was red-flagged by the Election Commission of India? Hear this Podumentary out!
Speakers:
Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd)
RTI activist
 
Jagdeep S Chhokar
Founder &amp; Trustee 
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
 
Poonam Agarwal
Freelance Development Researcher, BBC
Editor Investigations, The Quint
 
SY Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
 
Ullekh NP 
Executive Editor<a href="https://theprobe.in/become-a-member/" rel="payment">Support Our Independent Journalism: https://theprobe.in/become-a-member/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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