BJP gets 46 cr, Congress gets 92.5 lakh donations in a year : ADR

Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Gujarat received a donation of Rs 46 crore and Congress received a donation of Rs 92.5 lakh in Gujarat in the year 2020-21, as per a report of Association For Democratic Reform.

NCP in Gujarat also received a donation of Rs 10.95 lakh. The political parties got a total donation of around Rs 47 crore in Gujarat. Gujarat ranked third in the country for donation to the political parties. Delhi ranked first with a donation of Rs 246 crore followed by Maharashtra with a donation of Rs 71 crore.

The maximum donation is given by the corporate houses and businessmen in the state which is Rs 39 crore. The individuals donated Rs 7 crore to political parties. BJP got 659 donations, of the total amount of Rs 46 crore. The highest donation is given by Nirma limited to BJP, which is Rs 10 crore. Moreover, Enviro control association donated Rs 5 crore, Vishal Fabrics Ltd donated Rs 2 crore, Durga Infrastructure Mining Ltd donated Rs 1.5 crore, Jyoti Infratech company donated Rs 75 lakh and Unique Construction donated Rs 3 crore to BJP. Nirma Limited has donated Rs 60 lakh to congress party.

There is a significant decrease in the donations received by the political parties in the state in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20, as per the report. BJP had received Rs 785.77 crore in 2019-20 from the country. BJP received Rs 477.54 crore in 2020-21. Thus, there is a decrease of 39 percent in the donation received by BJP. Similarly, congress got a donation of Rs 139.01 crore in 2019-20, which was Rs 74 crore in 2020-21. Thus, there is 46 percent decrease in the donation received by congress.
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