India, March 15 -- We looked at four companies whose mining & infrastructure projects have been opposed by locals; cumulatively, they paid Rs 1,664 crore to political parties through electoral bonds

The Election Commission of India March 14, 2024 made public the details of electoral bonds purchased and encashed, on the order of the Supreme Court. The data, submitted to ECI by The State Bank of India, was released in two tranches - one with the details of the purchasers and the other with the details of the political parties - that didn't allow the link to be made between which party received money from which firm.

But the other list with the names of political parties that withdrew money makes it clear that Bharatiya Janata Party was th...