The year 2024 was very good for BJP not only in terms of election results but also in terms of donations. BJP received a total of Rs 2244 crore as donations from people, trusts and corporate houses in 2023-24, which is 3 times more than the donations received in 2022-23. On the other hand, Congress received about Rs 289 crore as donations in 2023-24, last year it received Rs 79.9 crore. According to the information received, BJP and Congress received the highest donation from Prudent Electoral Trust. It gave Rs 723 crore to BJP and Rs 156 crore to Congress. Let us tell you that the organizations that donated the most to Prudent include Serum Institute, Arcelor Mittal Group Megha Engineering and Infra Limited and Bharti Airtel.
The Supreme Court had cancelled the electoral bond scheme in February 2024
It is worth noting here that the account of donations given by BJP and Congress does not include electoral bonds. According to the rules, political parties have to declare this detail only in their annual audit report and not in the contribution report. In February 2024, the Supreme Court had cancelled the electoral bond scheme. Since then, the biggest source of funds for political parties was direct money or money received through electoral trusts.
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DMK got Rs 60 crore
If we talk about regional parties, then they have voluntarily declared their receipts through electoral bonds in their contribution report for 2023-24. These include BRS, which received Rs 495.5 crore in bonds, DMK got Rs 60 crore, YSR Congress got Rs 121.5 crore and JMM got a total of Rs 11.5 crore through bonds. According to the contribution report of 2023-24 available on the Election Commission website, BJP received a donation of Rs 3 crore in 2023-24 from Future Gaming and Hotel Services, a company of Santiago Martin, also known as the ‘lottery king’ of India.
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