Electoral Bonds Exclusive: 7 Firms Were Among BJP's Top Donors Over Last 5 Years
Documents provided by BJP in a sealed cover give clues on firms that gave crores to BJP through electoral bonds.
By: ADITYA MENON, FATIMA KHAN & HIMANSHI DAHIYA
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In the first part of its investigation into political donations via electoral bonds, The Quint, on 18 March, published a list of companies which were the BJP's top donors through electoral bonds during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In this second part, we will reveal the names of companies and industrial houses which gave the maximum funds to the BJP via electoral bonds from July 2019 to July 2023.
The BJP is the biggest recipient of funds through electoral bonds — it received Rs 8,700 crore, more than all the other parties put together. However, the party hasn't declared which companies bought and donated these bonds to them. The Congress and Trinamool Congress — the second and third highest beneficiaries — have also not made this information public.
According to the BJP, they have not maintained this information and they are not required to do so.
However, the documents shared by the BJP in a sealed envelope to the Election Commission of India, provided us important clues that helped us zero in on the companies which donated large sums of money to the party via electoral bonds.
The following are the biggest single-day donations to the BJP via electoral bonds and the companies behind them.
Read the in-depth analysis here.
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