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New Delhi:
Biocon Ltd Govt Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday stated that her Bengaluru-based biopharmaceuticals agency didn’t make any donations to any political occasion utilizing electoral bonds.
She, nevertheless, clarified that she had bought electoral bonds ”at a private degree” to donate to a number of events, together with former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular).
”Wish to make clear that Biocon didn’t make any political donation to JDS or every other occasion for elections. At a private degree, I bought electoral bonds which I donated to JDS & a number of events. My donations have been nominal on the precept of funding election campaigns with white cash,” she stated in a submit on X.
Wish to make clear that Biocon didn’t make any political donation to JDS or every other occasion for elections. At a private degree I bought electoral bonds which I donated to JDS & a number of events. My donations have been nominal on the precept of funding election campaigns with…
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) March 18, 2024
Her clarification comes days after she identified a calculation error by a consumer on X on how a lot she donated utilizing electoral bonds. The consumer claimed that she donated Rs 5 crore each month earlier than the Karnataka Meeting elections, which have been held final 12 months.
Ms Mazumdar-Shaw replied to the submit, ”That is incorrect. Pls do the maths.”
A recheck of the full quantity that Ms Mazumdar-Shaw donated through electoral bonds got here to Rs 6 crore.
”It is really Rs 6 crore. If you happen to imagine you paid them by way of different modes, kindly specify these as nicely,” one other consumer stated on the microblogging platform.
”I’m at all times clear and what you see is what’s appropriate,” Ms Mazumdar-Shaw stated whereas replying to him.
BJP Obtained Rs 6,986 Crore Via Electoral Bonds
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) acquired the utmost funds by way of electoral bonds at Rs 6,986.5 crore since they have been launched in 2018, the Election Fee information confirmed on Sunday.
The BJP was adopted by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (Rs 1,397 crore), Congress (Rs 1,334 crore) and former Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (Rs 1,322 crore).
Odisha’s ruling occasion, Biju Janata Dal, was the fourth largest recipient at Rs 944.5 crore adopted by DMK at Rs 656.5 crore and Andhra Pradesh’s YSR Congress redeemed bonds value practically Rs 442.8 crore. The JD(S) acquired bonds value Rs 89.75 crore.