Reliance-linked firm gave Rs 375 crore to BJP through electoral bonds, fresh data reveals
New Delhi: Fresh data released by the Election Commission on March 21 revealed that a relatively unknown firm linked to the Reliance Group, Qwik Supply Chain Private Limited, donated a substantial amount of Rs 375 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through electoral bonds. Additionally, the company also allocated Rs 35 crore worth of bonds to the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.
According to the data, on January 5, 2022, Qwik Supply purchased bonds worth Rs 225 crore. Of this amount, the BJP encashed Rs 200 crore on January 10, 2022, while the remaining Rs 25 crore were redeemed by the Shiv Sena on January 6, 2022.
Furthermore, on January 10, 2022, Qwik Supply bought bonds worth Rs 10 crore, which were later encashed by the Nationalist Congress Party on January 11, 2022.
Nearly eleven months later, on November 1, 2022, Qwik Supply acquired 125 bonds worth Rs 1 crore each. All of these bonds were encashed by the BJP on November 14, 2022.
A year after that, on November 17, 2023, Qwik Supply procured another set of bonds amounting to Rs 50 crore, which were subsequently redeemed by the BJP on November 20, 2023.
Reports indicate that over 50% of the stake in Qwik Supply is held by three Reliance Group companies. Additionally, one of Qwik's directors, Tapas Mitra, is also associated with several Reliance Group entities. According to his Linkedin profile, he holds a position at Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited.
Responding to inquiries, a spokesperson from Reliance clarified that Qwik Supply Chain Pvt Ltd is not a subsidiary of any Reliance entity.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
