Who were the major electoral bond contributors for the BJP-ruling party? | View all the statistics HERE
Election bonds: Following directions from the Supreme Court (SC), the State Bank of India (SBI) provided all of the electoral bond data, which the Election Commission of India (ECI) released on Thursday, March 21. Alpha-numeric numbers in the new data may be used to identify bond buyers with the political parties who cashed the bonds. Bond numbers are also included in the data so that contributors and the political party they belong to may be linked.
Who were the major Bharatiya Janata Party donors?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which received contributions totaling more than Rs 6,000 crore in the last four years of the programme, was the largest recipient of electoral bonds. Among the people and corporations who contributed were Megha Engineering, Future Gaming, and Qwik Supply, which is affiliated with Reliance.
The Election Commission disclosed data on Thursday, March 21, indicating that Megha Engineering, a Hyderabad-based company that secured many contracts for infrastructure projects, gave Rs 584 crore, Rs 395 crore, and Rs 100 crore to the BJP, Future Gaming, and Qwik Supply.
In addition, the BJP received contributions of Rs 226 crore from Vedanata, Rs 81 crore from Haldia Energy, and Rs 346 crore from Keventers Food Park, MKJ Enterprises, and Madanlal Ltd.—three companies that share the same address in Kolkata.
With contributions of Rs 125 crore, Vedanta was another significant supporter of the Congress. Yashoda Super Speciality Hospitals, MKJ Enterprises, and Western UP Power and Transmission also contributed money to the opposing party.
Additionally, Welspun and Western UP Power and Transmission Company donated Rs 42 crore and Rs 80 crore to the BJP, respectively.
What was the amount of money Lakshmi Niwas Mittal gave the BJP?
Industry magnate Lakshmi Mittal gave the BJP an individual donation of Rs 35 crore, while a number of other people gave the governing party contributions ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 25 crore. A new collection of electoral bond data, including the alpha-numeric codes that may be used to identify bond buyers with the political parties that got the funding, was made available to the public by the Election Commission.
Following the submission of the information by the State Bank of India (SBI) earlier in the day in compliance with a Supreme Court order, the poll panel released two distinct names of the contributors and the receivers on its website.
Large business organisations donated to political parties.
Based on an examination of data given by the Election Commission on Thursday (March 21), the BJP continued to be a significant beneficiary of electoral bonds acquired by large corporate companies such as Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal Group, and TVS Motor.
A new collection of electoral bond data, including the alpha-numeric codes that may be used to identify bond buyers with the political parties that got the funding, was made available to the public by the Election Commission.
While Bharti Airtel contributed to the BJP, RJD, SAD, Congress, and Janata Dal (United), the Vedanta group provided to the Congress, BJD, TMC, and BJP.
Muthoot made donations to the AAP, BJP, NCP Maharashtra Pradesh, Apollo Tyres, Keventers, BJP, and Congress. Businessman Lakshmi Niwas Mittal gave to the BJP, while CEO of Biocon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw gave to the Congress, TMC, and BJP.
Donations to the Congress, BJP, TMC, and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were made by Rungta Sons Private Limited.
pharmaceutical companies’ donation
Pharmaceutical firms Natco Pharma, Torrent Pharmaceutical Limited, and Piramal Capital contributed to the Congress, AAP, and BJP; Sun Pharma and Torrent Capital also donated to the BJP.
