A smokescreen

The fight against corruption can't continue unless the process of electoral funding is clean

With reference to Jaimini Bhagwati’s column, “Probity and political funding” (August 18), the proposal for issuance of anonymous electoral bonds is a clever move to encourage dubious electoral funding through opaque modes. The need of the hour is transparency and probity in funding to political parties.

The fight against corruption cannot continue unless the process of electoral funding is clean and trustworthy. The arguments raised by the government have rightly been refuted by the author. The roots of corruption lie in the use of ill-gotten money in nurturing political parties, who then offer doles and favours to their donors when in