Electoral bonds: As the Election Commission printed the info on the lacking piece of Electoral bonds — distinctive numbers matching the donors with the political events which acquired the contribution, the businesses that have been the biggest donors to the events got here to the fore. Vedanta Ltd. was the biggest donor of electoral bonds for Congress which was the third largest beneficiary of the electoral bonds scheme, adopted by KCR’s BRS whose biggest donor was Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL).
Vedanta Limited contributed Rs 125 crore out of the Rs 1422 crore that the Congress encashed in complete. Others which contributed to Congress embody Western UP Power Transmission Company restricted which is a subsidiary of MEIL (Rs 110 crore), and MKJ Enterprises (Rs 91.6 crore).
What about different events?
KCR’s BRS encashed Rs 1214 crore in complete, out of which Rs 195 crore was given by MEIL, Rs 94 crore from Yashodha Supmer Speciality Hospital, and Rs 50 crore from Chennai Green Woods Pvt. Ltd.
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress which encashed Rs 1609.50 crore by means of electoral bonds, acquired Rs 542 crore from Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel Services. Haldia Energy Limited ranked second as the most important donor to the celebration with Rs 281 crore.
Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal, which encashed a complete of Rs 775 crore, out of which Essel Mining contributed Rs 174.5 crore, Jindal Steel and Power restricted contributed Rs 100 crore and Utkal Alumina International Limited gave Rs 70 crore.
The SBI had earlier submitted two lists to the Election Commission which have been printed on the web site on March 14. In the data put out, names of donors, bonds bought and the bonds encashed by the political events.
