Journalist Poonam Agarwal Who Accused SBI Of Sharing 'Wrong' Electoral Bond Data Apologises

Poonam Agarwal had in a series of tweets claimed that she bought electoral bonds only in 2018, but the data released showed that she had purchased a bond in 2020.

A journalist who had questioned the authenticity of the data shared by the State Bank of India (SBI) on electoral bonds has admitted that she was mistaken. Poonam Agarwal had, in a series of tweets, claimed that she bought electoral bonds only in 2018, but the data released showed she had purchased a bond in 2020. But yesterday, the journalist said she may have forgotten about the bonds she bought in 2020 as it was the year of the Covid pandemic. One can blame it on my poor memory. 2020 was COVID outbreak year, many things were happening. Maybe that's why I don't remember it. My apologies for my poor memory. 🙏 I bought 2 #ElectoralBonds of Rs 1,000 each in April 2018. But the data shows my name as a purchaser of dated 20 Oct 2020. Is this an error, inaccuracy or my namesake purchased the bond. It will be a big coincidence.A unique hidden no. in d data would've cleared doubts. pic.twitter.com/tgwke2MEIj

"I have come across a video that I recorded at The Quint in which I am showing an Electoral Bond dated 20/10/2020. I don't remember purchasing a bond in 2020 but only in 2018. A unique number will clear many doubts. Till then let's not question SBI data," Poonam Agarwal said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

"One can blame it on my poor memory. 2020 was COVID outbreak year, many things were happening. Maybe that's why I don't remember it. My apologies for my poor memory," she added.