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BJP got over Rs 2,600 cr donations in 2023-24
Congress received Rs 281.38 crore; AAP, which is also a recognised national party, got contributions of over Rs 11.06 crore
New Delhi: The ruling BJP received contributions of over Rs 2,604.74 crore during 2023-24 while the opposition Congress got Rs 281.38 crore in its kitty, according to contribution reports of the two parties put in public domain by the Election Commission (EC).
The donations listed in the reports were received till March 31, 2024 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP had declared donations worth over Rs 740 crore ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, while the Congress had claimed to have received over Rs 146 crore in 2018-19.
During 2023-24, while the BJP received over Rs 723 crore worth of donations from Prudent Electoral Trust, it also got over Rs 127 crore from Triumph Elec-toral Trust and over Rs 17 lakh from Einzigartig Electoral Trust. The Congress got over Rs 150 crore from the Prudent Electoral Trust, which was the sole trust donor to the party. Interestingly, the Congress received multiple dona-tions of Rs 1.38 lakh including those from top leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal and Digvijaya Singh, among others.
Multiple donations were made to the Congress under the heading “Happy Birthday to our leader--JKB”. The contributions declared by the BJP and the Congress do not include the donations received through electoral bonds as these have to be declared in the party’s annual audit reports and not contribu-tion statements. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is also a recognised na-tional party, received contributions of over Rs 11.06 crore during the fiscal.
Another recognised national party, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), received donations worth over Rs 7.64 crore. National People’s Part (NPP), which is the only recognised national party from the North East, got over Rs 14.85 lakh in its kitty.
The BJP was also a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motors. The party also received Rs 3 crore through multiple dona-tions from Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd owned by Santiago Mar-tin, also known as the ‘Lottery King’ of India.
