The fresh data launched by the Election Commission on Sunday confirmed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was the second-largest recipient of the electoral bonds after the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
The data additionally confirmed the quantity that totally different events encashed from the electoral bonds. Parties like Congress, Samajwadi Party, AIADMK, National Conference (NC) and others acquired donations by way of electoral bonds.
List of events that encashed bonds
- BJP – Rs Rs 6,986.5 crore
- TMC – Rs 1,397 crore
- Congress – 1,334.35 crore
- BRS – Rs 1,322 crore
- BJD – Rs 944.5 crore
- YSR Congress – Rs 442.8 crore
- TDP– Rs 181.35 crore
- SP – Rs 14.05 crore
- Akali Dal – Rs 7.26 crore
- AIADMK – Rs 6.05 crore
- National Conference – Rs 50 lakh
These particulars are believed to be pertaining to the interval earlier than April 12, 2019. Electoral bond particulars after this date have been made public by the ballot panel final week. The data was revealed on the order of the Supreme Court.
Political events had filed data on Electoral Bonds in sealed cowl as directed by the Supreme Court’s interim order dated April 12, 2019, the ballot panel stated in a press release.
SC’s route to SBI on electoral bonds
Earlier, the apex courtroom had directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to reveal the main points of the bonds to the EC by the shut of enterprise hours on March 12. In its fresh software, the ballot panel has stated the apex courtroom had noticed in its March 11 order that “copies of the statements which were filed by the ECI before this court would be maintained in the office of the ECI”.
“It is most respectfully submitted herein that in compliance of the orders passed by this court and in order to maintain the confidentiality of the aforesaid information /data, the Election Commission of India forwarded the documents received by it to this court in sealed covers/boxes, without retaining any copies of the same,” the applying stated. “Thus, no copies of the documents/statements filed by the Election Commission of India before this court in the instant case were ever retained by it,” it stated.
