Bengaluru: In a relief to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders, the High Court on Monday granted interim stay to the FIR registered by the Bengaluru Police for alleged electoral bond scheme extortion.
Based on a complaint by one Adarsh Iyer, an Associate President of Janaadhikaara Sangharsha Parishath (JSP), Bengaluru’s Tilkangar Police had registered a case against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, State BJP Chief B.Y. Vijayendra, former President Nalin Kumar Kateel and other BJP State and National office-bearers for alleged ‘extortion’ of thousands of crores of rupees from companies by misusing the electoral bonds scheme and using Central agencies like the ED.
