Aurobindo Pharma: Delhi Liquor Scam Approver Gets Largest Electoral Bond Funding for BJP

25-03-2024 Mon 06:48 | National
Aurobindo Pharma Executive Director Sarath Chandra Reddy as Approver in Delhi Liquor Scam

The company bought electoral bonds worth Rs.52 crores
BJP’s share of these funds is 66 percent, BRS’s share is 29 percent and TDP’s share is the rest
Revealed in the latest data released by the EC

It has recently come to light that BJP got the largest share of the election bonds bought by approver Aurobindo Pharma in the Dhilki Liquor scam. It is known that the head of Aurobindo Pharma Sarath Chandra Reddy was arrested in November 2022 in connection with this scam. He became an approver the following year.

And according to the details of election bonds released by EC, between April 2021 and November 2023, Aurobindo Pharma purchased election bonds worth Rs.52 crore. Out of this, 66 percent of funds went to BJP, 29 percent to BRS and the rest to TDP. Moreover, five days after the arrest of Sarath Chandra Reddy in 2022, the company bought bonds worth Rs 5 crore. EC data shows that these bonds were redeemed by the BJP itself.

Meanwhile, the name of Delhi Education Minister Atishi Sarath Chandra Reddy was mentioned in the media conference on Saturday. They indirectly accused the BJP of being behind the ED’s actions. She said that the funds mentioned by the ED in the Kejriwal case actually went to the BJP in the form of election bonds.

Aurobindo is one of the largest pharma companies in the country. Last year the company earned an income of over Rs.24 thousand crores. Operating in 150 countries, the majority of the company’s revenue is generated through international ventures. The name of Aurobindo Pharma is also included in the South Group mentioned by the ED in connection with the Delhi Liquor Scam.