જમીન સંપાદન અધિનિયમ 2013 અને તેની કલમ 84 85 86 87 ની સમજ... સાથે Electoral Bond Scam -Adv G J Dafada

જમીન સંપાદન અધિનિયમ 2013 અને તેની કલમ 84 85 86 87 ની સમજ... સાથે Electoral Bond Scam -Adv G J Dafada

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 Electoral Bonds: Gujarat Dalit Farmer 'Tricked' Into Donating Rs 10 Crore to BJP

Electoral Bonds: Gujarat Dalit Farmer 'Tricked' Into Donating Rs 10 Crore to BJP

In his complaint, the farmer has named Welspun Group officials and BJP's Anjar President Hemant Rajinikanth Shah.

HIMANSHI DAHIYA

Published: 08 Apr 2024, 11:01 AM IST

On 11 October 2023, electoral bonds worth Rs 11 crore 14 thousand were purchased in the name of six members of a Dalit family from Anjar, a nondescript city in Gujarat's Kutch district.

As per SBI data released by the Election Commission of India, of these, bonds worth Rs 10 crore were encashed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 16 October 2023 and those worth Rs 1 crore 14 thousand were encashed by the Shiv Sena on 18 October 2023.

The Dalit family, however, has now alleged that they were "tricked" into buying these electoral bonds by an official of Welspun Anjar SEZ Ltd, a company under the Welspun Group.

"Welspun had acquired approximately 43,000 square meter of our agricultural land in Anjar for a project. This money was part of the compensation we were given as per law. But at the time of depositing this money, Mahendrasinh Sodha, a Senior General Manager at the company, told us that such a huge amount can result in trouble with the income tax department...He then introduced us to the electoral bond scheme, which he said would ensure that we get 1.5 times the amount in a few years. We are illiterate people. We had no clue what this scheme was but at that time it sounded very convincing," Haresh Savakara, 41, alleged to The Quint.

Haresh is the son of Savakara Manvar, one of the six members of the family that claims they were tricked into purchasing the bonds.


Savakara, on 18 March 2024, submitted a complaint regarding the matter to officials at the Anjar Police Station.

A copy of the complaint seen by The Quint names Welspun Directors Vishwanathan Kollengode, Sanjay Gupta, Chintan Thaker, and Praveen Bhansali as the accused in the case along with Mahendrasinh Sodha (Senior General Manager at Welspun), Vimal Kishore Joshi (Anjar Land Acquisition Officer), and Hemant alias Danny Rajinikanth Shah (BJP's Anjar City President).

The police is yet to register an FIR in connection with the case. Speaking to The Quint, Shailendra Sisodia, the Investigating Officer in the case said, "He has sent us an application. We are still looking into it. Once the investigation is done, and if the case merits an FIR, we will file one."


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