Guwahati: The BJP leads in electoral bond encashment, totaling ?6060.5 crore between April 12, 2019, and January 24, 2024, representing over 47.5% of the total bonds encashed.
Following closely, the All India Trinamool Congress received ?1,609.50 crore (12.6%), with the Congress securing ?1,421.9 crore (11.1%) during the same period.
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Other significant beneficiaries include the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Biju Janata Dal, and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), each encashing over ?500 crore worth of electoral bonds within this timeframe.
The top 20 donors, such as Future Gaming, Megha Engineering, and Qwiksupplychain Pvt Ltd, contributed a combined total of Rs 5,420.30 crore or 44.59% of the electoral bonds purchased between April 2019 and January 2024, as reported by the Election Commission of India.
Notable among these entities are Future Gaming, owned by Santiago Martin, a prominent lottery entrepreneur from South India; Megha Engineering, owned by PV Krishna Reddy and PP Reddy, renowned for their dam and power project constructions; and Vedanta Limited, a major global mining conglomerate promoted by Anil Agarwal.
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This data, disclosed by the State Bank of India on March 12, has been made public by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in compliance with a directive from the Supreme Court. The ECI has posted this information on its website by March 15.
The data provided by the SBI includes the date of purchase, purchaser’s name, and denomination of each electoral bond.
A total of 22,217 bonds were purchased between April 1, 2019, and February 15, 2024, with 22,030 bonds subsequently encashed by political parties during the same period.