Stepping up its attack on the Centre over the electoral bonds issue, the Congress on Thursday sought an inquiry by a joint parliamentary committee into these "opaque" donations, which, it termed a "threat to democracy".
The demand came a day after the party launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre over the electoral bond issue, with its chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala describing it as a "modus operandi to receive thousands of crores from big business houses through secret donations".
Citing news reports based on RTI documents, Surjewala had said, "The intrigue and the conspiracy has now indicted the prime minister himself. RTI documents now establish the role and indict none less than the prime minister himself."
Reiterating his party's demand for a full-fledged discussion on the electoral bonds issue in both the Houses of Parliament, he said, "Parliament is the appropriate forum to discuss the damage which these bonds are doing to our democracy."
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