Union Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed apprehension about the potential increase in black money’s influence in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections following the Supreme Court’s decision to scrap the electoral bond scheme. He emphasized the need to find an alternative mechanism to mitigate this risk. Shah stated that the abolition of the scheme, which enabled anonymous donations to political parties through bonds purchased from the State Bank of India, occurred at a critical juncture. He believes that the absence of electoral bonds may exacerbate the influence of black money in politics.