Karnataka HC stays probe against Nirmala Sitharaman in electoral bonds case: Report
Hindustan TimesThe Karnataka high court on Monday ordered an interim stay on the FIR filed against Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a case related to alleged extortion through electoral bonds. According to an ANI report, a stay has been put on further investigation in the FIR registered against then Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel, who is co-accused. Cong demanded Sitharaman's resignation The Congress demanded finance minister Sitharaman's resignation, and reiterated its demand for a Supreme-court monitored inquiry through an SIT into the whole electoral bond scheme. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had said," Four ways were used to extort money through the “conspiracy of electoral bonds - prepaid bribery, postpaid bribery, post-raid bribery and through farzi companies.” BJP MP Jagdish Shettar blamed the ruling Congress in Karnataka for the FIR against the Union minister.
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