The ruling BJP acquired over Rs 785 crore in contributions from people, electoral trusts and corporates in 2019-20 which is over 5 occasions greater than what the Congress acquired throughout the identical interval. According to the BJP’s newest contribution report submitted to the Election Commission in February and put out in the general public area by the ballot panel this week, the social gathering acquired over Rs 785 crore in contributions.
Major contributors for the BJP included electoral trusts, corporates and leaders of the social gathering itself amongst others. Among the leaders who contributed to the social gathering funds included Piyush Goyal, Pema Khandu, Kirron Kher and Raman Singh.
ITC, Kalyan Jewellers, Rare Enterprises, Ambuja Cement, Lodha Developers and Motilal Oswal had been among the company homes which contributed to the BJP’s kitty. New Democratic Electoral Trust, Prudent Electoral Trust, Jankalyan Electoral Trust and Triumph Electoral Trust additionally contributed to the BJP’s funds.
According to the contribution report of the Congress, it acquired Rs 139 crore as contributions. The Trinamool Congress acquired Rs 8 crore, whereas CPI acquired Rs 1.3 crore. The CPI (M) acquired Rs 19.7 crore as contributions. The contribution report solely lists donations solely above Rs 20,000. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the EC has prolonged the deadline for submission of the annual audit stories for 2019-20 to June 30.
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