BJP Secured 57% Of Electoral Bonds Between 2018-2022, Congress Got 10%
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Electoral bonds help companies donate unlimited amounts of money to political parties anonymously.
The BJP received more than half of all electoral bonds, the controversial financial tool that helps companies donate unlimited amounts of money to political parties anonymously, bought between March 2018 and 2022, Election Commission data has shown.
According to disclosures by political parties, the BJP received Rs 5,270 crore out of a total of Rs 9,208 crore or 57 per cent of all total electoral bonds sold till 2022.
The main opposition Congress party came a distant second, receiving Rs 964 crore or 10 per cent in the same period, while West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress got Rs 767 crore or 8 per cent of all electoral bonds.
The BJP received Rs 1,033 crore in electoral bonds in the financial year ending March 2022, Rs 22.38 crore in 2021, Rs 2,555 crore in 2020 and Rs 1,450 crore in 2019. It also disclosed Rs 210 crore as receipts in the 2018 financial year.
