<p>Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over the electoral bonds scheme, which has been struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional.</p><p>In a landmark judgement, the apex court annulled the 2018 scheme and ordered disclosure of names of purchasers, value of bonds and the recipients.</p><p>Gandhi, who is in Bihar as part of the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, offered his take in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1758114770085896315" rel="nofollow">post in Hindi</a> on X.</p>.Protesting farmers fighting for country, just like soldiers do on borders: Rahul Gandhi.<p>"Narendra Modi is willing to put every national resource on sale in return for political funding. But, a farmer demanding MSP on the produce is frowned upon since he cannot invest in electoral bonds. What an irony,” alleged Gandhi, in an indirect reference to the cultivators’ protest.</p><p>Farmers have been protesting as part of their 'Dilli Chalo' march to put pressure on the Centre for their demands, including a law on minimum support price (MSP) for crops and loan waivers.</p><p>The former Congress president also claimed that electoral bonds were often "in exchange for sale, at a throwaway price" of airports, mines and land.</p>
<p>Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over the electoral bonds scheme, which has been struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional.</p><p>In a landmark judgement, the apex court annulled the 2018 scheme and ordered disclosure of names of purchasers, value of bonds and the recipients.</p><p>Gandhi, who is in Bihar as part of the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, offered his take in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1758114770085896315" rel="nofollow">post in Hindi</a> on X.</p>.Protesting farmers fighting for country, just like soldiers do on borders: Rahul Gandhi.<p>"Narendra Modi is willing to put every national resource on sale in return for political funding. But, a farmer demanding MSP on the produce is frowned upon since he cannot invest in electoral bonds. What an irony,” alleged Gandhi, in an indirect reference to the cultivators’ protest.</p><p>Farmers have been protesting as part of their 'Dilli Chalo' march to put pressure on the Centre for their demands, including a law on minimum support price (MSP) for crops and loan waivers.</p><p>The former Congress president also claimed that electoral bonds were often "in exchange for sale, at a throwaway price" of airports, mines and land.</p>