In his complaint, the farmer has named Welspun Group officials and BJP’s Anjar President Hemant Rajinikanth Shah.
On 11 October 2023, electoral bonds worth Rs 11 crore 14 thousand were purchased in the name of six members of a Dalit family from Anjar, a nondescript city in Gujarat’s Kutch district.
As per SBI data released by the Election Commission of India, of these, bonds worth Rs 10 crore were encashed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 16 October 2023 and those worth Rs 1 crore 14 thousand were encashed by the Shiv Sena on 18 October 2023.
The Dalit family, however, has now alleged that they were “tricked” into buying these electoral bonds by an official of Welspun Enterprises Ltd, a company linked to the Adani Group. In 2005, the Adani Group entered into a joint venture with Welspun Natural Resource Private Limited called the Adani Welspun Exploration Limited. According to a press release by the Adani Group, AWEL is a joint venture (JV) company between Adani Group and Welspun Group with 65:35 holding
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