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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounted for much than 91 per cent of each donations declared by nationalist parties successful 2024-25, arsenic wide governmental backing supra Rs 20,000 changeable up 161 per cent from the erstwhile fiscal, according to a study by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The report, released connected Thursday, said full donations supra Rs 20,000 declared by the nationalist parties stood astatine Rs 6,648.563 crore from 11,343 contributions successful FY25.Of this, the BJP unsocial received Rs 6,074.015 crore from 5,522 donations, followed by the Congress with Rs 517.394 crore from 2,501 donations.The BJP's declared donations exceeded the combined full of the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the National People's Party (NPEP) for the aforesaid play by much than tenfold, the study pointed out, arsenic cited by PTI.
Overall donations to nationalist parties roseate by Rs 4,104.285 crore successful 2024-25 arsenic compared to 2023-24. The BJP's collections unsocial jumped 171 per cent from Rs 2,243.947 crore successful the erstwhile fiscal. Donations to the Congress accrued by 84 per cent, from Rs 281.48 crore successful 2023-24 to Rs 517.394 crore successful 2024-25.Among different parties, the AAP received Rs 27.044 crore -- a 244 per cent summation -- portion the NPEP got Rs 1.943 crore, an summation of 1,313 per cent, the study said.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), meanwhile, declared that it did not person immoderate donations supra Rs 20,000, arsenic it has been doing truthful for the past 19 years.Corporate donations dominated governmental funding, accounting for Rs 6128.787 crore, oregon 92.18 per cent of the full contributions, crossed 3,244 donations. Individual donors contributed Rs 505.66 crore done 7,900 donations, making up 7.61 per cent of the total.The BJP received Rs 5,717.167 crore from 2,794 firm donations, much than 13 times the combined contributions received by each different nationalist parties, which stood astatine Rs 411.62 crore.
It besides received Rs 345.94 crore from 2,627 idiosyncratic donors.The Congress received Rs 383.86 crore done 112 firm donations and Rs 132.39 crore from 2,357 idiosyncratic contributors during the fiscal year.Among the apical donors, Prudent Electoral Trust donated a full of Rs 2413.465 crore to the BJP, the Congress and the AAP combined. Of this, Rs 2180.7119 crore went to the BJP (35.90 per cent of full funds received by party), Rs 216.335 crore to the Congress (41.81 per cent of full funds received by party) and Rs 16.4178 crore to the AAP (43.08 per cent of full funds received by party).Progressive Electoral Trust donated Rs 834.97 crore done 2 donations, AB General Electoral Trust donated Rs 621 crore done 16 donations, and New Democratic Electoral Trust donated Rs 155 crore done 7 donations to the BJP and the Congress.Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd donated Rs 100 crore done 3 donations, and Rungta Sons Private Limited donated Rs 95 crore done 4 donations to the BJP successful 2024-25.
