The ECI lifted another veil of secrecy over political funding Sunday. The second tranche of data published by the ECI about donations received between March 2018 and April 2019 is crucial, as it contains voluntary disclosure of donor details by at least four regional parties. In the run-up to the hotly-contested 2019 Lok Sabha polls amid nationalist sentiments after the Pulwama terror attack, the main Opposition, Congress, had recorded a surge in donations through poll bonds.