Electoral Bond Scheme: As SC judgment awaits; here's a look at BJP vs Congress share
₹1,000, ₹10,000, ₹1 lakh, ₹10 lakh, and ₹1 crore. In July last year, the ADR data had revealed that more than half of all donations made to political parties between 2016-17 and 2021-22 were through electoral bonds and the BJP received more funds than all other national parties put together.
According to the party's annual audited report submitted to the Election Commission, the ruling BJP received nearly ₹1300 crore through electoral bonds in the 2022-23, which was seven times more than what the Congress got in the same period through the same route, news agency PTI has reported. As per the audited report, BJP's total contributions stood at ₹2120 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, of which 61 percent came from electoral bonds.
The party's total income in 2022-23 stood at ₹2360.8 crore, up from ₹1917 crore in FY 2021-22. In contrast to this, Congress, on the other hand, earned just ₹171 crore from electoral bonds.
These numbers slumped which was down from ₹236 crore in FY 2021-22. Earlier in January, a report published by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on the electoral bonds funding political parties in India in financial year 2022-23 (FY23) stated that BJP emerged as the recipient of the highest amount- ₹259.08 crore or 70.69 percent.
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