Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Union Minister and BJP candidate from Dharwad Lok Sabha seat Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks calling the electoral bond scheme the "biggest corruption scam" and said India Bloc Bharatiya Janata Party received the same amount of money through electoral bonds, “Rahul Gandhi has not responded to what he has received...Whatever the Supreme Court has said has to be followed and we have followed it. But they have received more than 1600 crores in donations, so what are they talking about? They should have denied it. What do you want to say about receiving?” Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the electoral bonds the "world's biggest extortion scheme", Pralhad Joshi told ANI, adding that PM Modi is the mastermind behind it. Rahul Gandhi's comment came after the Prime Minister. In an interview to ANI, Modi accused opposition parties of "spreading lies" over the electoral bond scheme, which has been struck down by the Supreme Court, and said "everyone will regret it when considered honestly". Rahul Gandhi said, "The important thing in the election bond is name and date. When you carefully look at the names and dates, you will come to know that when they (donors) gave the electoral bond, immediately after that they were given a contract or there was a CBI investigation. was withdrawn against them.I caught the Prime Minister here, that is why he is giving an interview to ANI. This is the world's biggest extortion scheme and PM Modi is its mastermind. Rahul Gandhi further alleged that huge contracts were given to those donors. After BJP received money in the form of electoral bonds, he said, "Ask the Prime Minister to explain that one day a CBI investigation starts and immediately after that They get the money and the CBI investigation is dropped soon after. Buy Contract, Infrastructure Contract – The company pays the money and immediately after that they are awarded the contract. The truth is that this is extortion and PM Modi has conspired to do it.After the action of the investigating agencies, out of the 16 companies that donated, only 37 percent of the money went to BJP and 63 percent went to anti-BJP opposition parties. The Prime Minister said the country has been pushed towards "black money" in the elections. And everyone will regret it. In his first detailed reaction on the electoral bond scheme, PM Modi, who is on a busy campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, said the scheme should also be seen as a success story as it has given an opportunity to show the way. Those who had donated to political parties through the scheme also said that there is a lot of scope for improvement in the scheme. "It has been discussed for a long time in our country that (through black money) is a dangerous game in elections. . The game of black money should end in the country's elections. This discussion has been going on for a long time that money is spent in elections; No one can deny this. My party also spends, all parties, candidates spend and money has to be taken from the people.I wanted us to make some efforts, how to make our elections free from this black money, how to have transparency? I had a pure thought in my mind. We were looking for a way. We found a short cut, we never claimed that this was the right path, he said, adding that the electoral bond scheme was being debated in Parliament when the relevant bill was passed and those who are now commenting on it Some of them have supported it. The Supreme Court struck down the electoral bond scheme in February this year, saying it was unconstitutional. Bharat Bloc parties are targeting the BJP-led government over the electoral bond scheme in their election campaign. In its decision, the Supreme Court asked SBI to stop the issuance. Electora Bond.In compliance with a direction from the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has uploaded data on electoral bonds on its official website. This data was provided by State Bank of India (SBI) on the instructions of the apex court.