New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Opposition parties on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict striking down the electoral bonds scheme, and said it will reinforce the power of votes over notes. All the Opposition parties also said it now hopes that the Modi Government will stop resorting to such "mischievous ideas" in the future and listen to the Supreme Court so that democracy, transparency and level-playing field persist.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress had called the scheme "opaque and undemocratic" when it was launched. Subsequently, in the 2019 manifesto, the Congress promised to scrap the Modi government's "dubious scheme". "We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court today, which has struck down this 'Black Money ...