Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, recently released from jail, has been trying to hit two birds with one stone using the farmer's protests to draw a division between states.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 has not only resulted in the splitting of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into two states - Telangana and Andhra Pradesh - but has also been the cause of two historical events in the country’s polity.
Maken added, "On the other hand, more than Rs 6,500 crores which were collected through unconstitutional corporate bonds which have been pronounced unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, that account of the BJP still exists."
While opposition parties like TMC and DMK are welcoming the SC verdict striking down the electoral bond scheme, the same parties are major beneficiaries of the scheme