Opposition party Congress received ₹139 crore between an equivalent period of time which is five times lesser than what the ruling party has received.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received over ₹785 crore in contributions from corporates, electoral trusts and individuals between 2019 and 2020, consistent with the newest contribution report submitted by the party to the committee (EC) in February. The EC made the report publicly available earlier in the week .
Several corporate houses and party leaders along side electoral trusts contributed to the party fund.
ITC, Kalyan Jewellers, Rare Enterprises, Ambuja Cement, Lodha Developers and Motilal Oswal were a number of the company houses who contributed to BJP’s party fund. BJP leaders Piyush Goyal, Pema Khandu, Kirron Kher and Raman Singh also contributed to the party fund. New Democratic Electoral Trust, Prudent Electoral Trust, Jankalyan Electoral Trust and Triumph Electoral Trust were among the electoral trusts who also funded the party.
Opposition party Congress received ₹139 crore between an equivalent period of time which is five times lesser than what the ruling party has received.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) received rock bottom amount of contributions with ₹1.3 crore. before CPI was the Trinamool Congress which received ₹8 crore in donations. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) received ₹19.7 crore in contributions. The contribution list doesn't include donations below ₹20,000.
