Congress Donations

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has donated his monthly salary as an MP towards the relief and rehabilitation in his former Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad, which is limping back to normalcy after a series of landslides left over 400 people dead

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that the party is facing a funds crunch alleging that bank accounts where money donated by people had been kept had been frozen by the BJP-led NDA government.

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.

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 Congress is seeking donations for its East-West yatra being spearheaded by former party chief Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Kicking off the poll process, the Andhra Pradesh Congress unit on Wednesday started accepting applications from candidates planning to contest the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections to be held in a few months.

In the crowdfunding campaign 'Donate for Desh', the Congress party has collected a total donation amount of Rs 10.15 crores up till now.

The Congress put bar codes behind the chairs for crowdfunding during a rally in Maharashtra's Nagpur on Thursday.

Amid the Congress' crowdfunding campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Partyon Friday launched an attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state minister Zameer Ahmed Khan saying that at a time when their party is asking for donations,

The Congress received Rs 2.81 crore within 48 hours of launching its crowdfunding campaign, with more than 1.13 lakh people donating to the party.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has donated his monthly salary as an MP towards the relief and rehabilitation in his former Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad, which is limping back to normalcy after a series of landslides left over 400 people dead

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that the party is facing a funds crunch alleging that bank accounts where money donated by people had been kept had been frozen by the BJP-led NDA government.

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.

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 Congress is seeking donations for its East-West yatra being spearheaded by former party chief Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Kicking off the poll process, the Andhra Pradesh Congress unit on Wednesday started accepting applications from candidates planning to contest the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections to be held in a few months.

In the crowdfunding campaign 'Donate for Desh', the Congress party has collected a total donation amount of Rs 10.15 crores up till now.

The Congress put bar codes behind the chairs for crowdfunding during a rally in Maharashtra's Nagpur on Thursday.

Amid the Congress' crowdfunding campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Partyon Friday launched an attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state minister Zameer Ahmed Khan saying that at a time when their party is asking for donations,

The Congress received Rs 2.81 crore within 48 hours of launching its crowdfunding campaign, with more than 1.13 lakh people donating to the party.