Bjp Donations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) massive membership drive on Monday by enrolling himself as the party's first member.

Infina Finance, one of the promoter group entities of Kotak Mahindra Bank - currently facing RBI action, had donated electoral bonds worth Rs 60 crore to the BJP.

The Bharatiya Janata Party was the largest beneficiary of electoral bonds between April 2019 and January 2024 - companies donated Rs 5,594 crore in that period - the Election Commission of India said this week.

Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC), which is constructing the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, a portion of which collapsed last year, purchased Rs 55 crore worth of electoral bonds and donated the entire amount to the BJP.

Trinamool Congress got at least Rs 540 crore worth of electoral bonds from Future Gaming, making it the biggest beneficiary of donations made by 'lottery king' Santiago Martin, who also donated to DMK, YSR Congress, BJP and Congress.

The BJP remained a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motor, according to an analysis of data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.

Opposition parties received donations through the electoral bonds scheme, but it was the BJP who used the system for extortion and blackmail, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has told NDTV.

Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday said that her Bengaluru-based biopharmaceuticals firm did not make any donations to any political party using electoral bonds.

'Lottery king' Santiago Martin's Future Gaming and Hotel Services - which emerged as the top purchaser of electoral bonds - donated Rs 509 crore to Tamil Nadu's ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

The Congress on Friday alleged that the electoral bonds data has exposed "corrupt tactics" of the BJP such as quid pro quo, seeking donations for the company's protection, kickbacks and money laundering through shell companies.

A day after the SBI requested the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for giving information about donations made through electoral bonds, the Congress has hit out at the BJP and said the party is using the bank as a shield to hide the details.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi contributed Rs 2,000 to the BJP's funds to strengthen efforts of building a Viksit Bharat and urged everyone to donate and help the party in nation-building.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to be hit the hardest with the Supreme Court scrapping the electoral bonds scheme, as the party received over 60% of the donations made under the scheme between 2016-2022.

The BJP has declared donations of nearly Rs 720 crore in 2022-23, which was more than five times the aggregate amount received by four other national parties -- the Congress, AAP, CPI-M, and National People's Party

The BJP bagged more than 70 per cent of donations received by political parties from electoral trusts in 2022-23, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) massive membership drive on Monday by enrolling himself as the party's first member.

Infina Finance, one of the promoter group entities of Kotak Mahindra Bank - currently facing RBI action, had donated electoral bonds worth Rs 60 crore to the BJP.

The Bharatiya Janata Party was the largest beneficiary of electoral bonds between April 2019 and January 2024 - companies donated Rs 5,594 crore in that period - the Election Commission of India said this week.

Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC), which is constructing the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, a portion of which collapsed last year, purchased Rs 55 crore worth of electoral bonds and donated the entire amount to the BJP.

Trinamool Congress got at least Rs 540 crore worth of electoral bonds from Future Gaming, making it the biggest beneficiary of donations made by 'lottery king' Santiago Martin, who also donated to DMK, YSR Congress, BJP and Congress.

The BJP remained a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motor, according to an analysis of data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.

Opposition parties received donations through the electoral bonds scheme, but it was the BJP who used the system for extortion and blackmail, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has told NDTV.

Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday said that her Bengaluru-based biopharmaceuticals firm did not make any donations to any political party using electoral bonds.

'Lottery king' Santiago Martin's Future Gaming and Hotel Services - which emerged as the top purchaser of electoral bonds - donated Rs 509 crore to Tamil Nadu's ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

The Congress on Friday alleged that the electoral bonds data has exposed "corrupt tactics" of the BJP such as quid pro quo, seeking donations for the company's protection, kickbacks and money laundering through shell companies.

A day after the SBI requested the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for giving information about donations made through electoral bonds, the Congress has hit out at the BJP and said the party is using the bank as a shield to hide the details.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi contributed Rs 2,000 to the BJP's funds to strengthen efforts of building a Viksit Bharat and urged everyone to donate and help the party in nation-building.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to be hit the hardest with the Supreme Court scrapping the electoral bonds scheme, as the party received over 60% of the donations made under the scheme between 2016-2022.

The BJP has declared donations of nearly Rs 720 crore in 2022-23, which was more than five times the aggregate amount received by four other national parties -- the Congress, AAP, CPI-M, and National People's Party

The BJP bagged more than 70 per cent of donations received by political parties from electoral trusts in 2022-23, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).