Objective was to bring transparency: BJP after the Supreme Court judgment on electoral bonds

After the Supreme Court judgment on electoral bonds, BJP said that it respected the verdict. Party leaders, however, added that the objective of bringing electoral bonds was to ensure transparency in funding.

"The electoral bond scheme was brought in for a very laudable objective - to bring in transparency in electoral funding and to reduce inflow of cash during elections. Even the donors wanted secrecy...," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a press conference at the party headquarters here. He added that the party would study the judgment before giving a comprehensive and structured opinion on the judgment.

On Opposition's claim that electoral bonds didn't provide a level playing field, Prasad said it is for the people to decide who are on the field and who are out of it. "The people have thrown some parties out of the field, and they could not now win even one seat in regions which used to be their strongholds," Prasad said.