Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out on the State Bank of India for seeking more time from the Supreme Court to furnish info on the electoral bonds, terming it a “last attempt” earlier than the Lok Sabha polls to cover Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “real face”.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud had held the nameless donation devices unconstitutional and directed the SBI to reveal particulars of every electoral bond encashed by political events to the Election Commission by March 6.

The SBI on Monday moved the Supreme Court searching for an extension of time until June 30, submitting that the prevailing deadline wouldn’t be ample for your complete train to be accomplished. The state-run financial institution submitted that retrieval of data from “each silo” and the process of matching the knowledge of 1 silo to that of the opposite can be a time-consuming train.

“Narendra Modi has tried his best to hide the ‘donation business’,” Gandhi mentioned in a publish on X in Hindi.

“When the Supreme Court has said that it is the right of the countrymen to know the truth about electoral bonds, then why does SBI want this information not to be made public before the elections?” he wrote.

Asking for time until June 30 to supply info that may be retrieved in a single click on exhibits that the entire matter is fishy, he claimed.

“Every independent organization of the country is becoming part of the ‘Modani family’ in trying to cover up their corruption,” Gandhi alleged, including, “This is the ‘last ditch attempt’ to hide Modi’s ‘real face’ before the elections.”

Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh additionally slammed the federal government over the difficulty.

“Aap chronology samjhiye: first elections, then disclosure of electoral bonds. What makes the ruling party so nervous about revealing the source of its bottomless campaign finance coffers?” he requested in a publish on X.

“Remember that the analysis of direct campaign donations and electoral trust donations revealed that 30 plus firms that had been raided by the ED/IT/CBI donated ₹335 crore to the BJP after the raids. The BJP got the majority (60 plus %) of its campaign funds from electoral bonds. What ill-deeds of the Modi Sarkar will the disclosure of the electoral bonds funds reveal?” Ramesh posed.

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned SBI’s transfer raises “suspicious apprehensions”.He mentioned in a publish on X, “This would be a travesty of justice. Is SBI seeking extension till after the general elections to protect Modi and the BJP from exposure of the ‘quid pro quo’ that the Hon’ble Supreme Court apprehended?”

“In this digital age, all this information is a mouse-click away. Seeking extension raises suspicious apprehensions,” he mentioned.