India, March 25 -- The controversy around the now-scrapped Electoral Bonds just refuses to die down. A day after the political funding data was made public, activists demanded an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all aspects of the scheme. The Congress has already upped the ante; the debate has been reignited as the party presses for a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the alleged malpractices surrounding these financial instruments. Accusations of "pre-paid, post-paid and post-raid bribes" have intensified the clamour for transparency and accountability in the electoral financing system. Electoral Bonds, introduced in 2018 ostensibly to promote transparency in political funding, allow individuals and corporat...