India, March 17 -- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday hit out at the central government over the electoral bonds and alleged that they have "conspired" to "route black money" into BJP's accounts through the scheme. According to the Congress leader, the electoral bonds scheme was the "biggest extortion racket" run by the ruling government.

Ramesh's comments came as the electoral bonds data revealed that the BJP garnered the highest amount of electoral bonds around Rs.6,900 crore. The Congress received over Rs.1,300 crore worth of bonds.

"We had previously identified four primary channels of corruption in the #ElectoralBondScam scam, and with each passing day, more examples emerge to confirm the shocking reality of the cor...