* 3 of top 5 donors bought bonds with ED and I-T knocking on their door

* First veil of secrecy is lifted; top 20 donors account for just under half of the total Rs 12,156 crore purchased through electoral bonds 2019-24

* Curtail terms of Assemblies, sync with Lok Sabha polls: Kovind panel

* TMC at No. 2 with Rs 1,609 crore, its bond redemption surged after Assembly win

* Mining, steel majors spent `825 crore, among them firms awaiting green nod

* Opp opposed, raised concerns on federalism, Constitutional changes

* Bond Buyer No. 1: Santiago Martin, labourer turned ‘Lottery King’  

* A telling pattern: In pharma, different firms buy bonds on same days

* Ex-bureaucrats Sukhbir Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar new ECs; Adhir dissents