BJP received Rs 720 crore in donations in 2022-23, 5 times more than 4 national parties: ADR report
As per the data compiled by ADR, a whopping Rs 719,858 crore out of 7,945 donations was declared by the BJP, followed by Rs 79,924 crore out of 894 donations by the Congress.
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received a whopping Rs 720 crore in donations in the year 2022-23, an amount more than five times greater than the total amount received by the other four national parties – Congress, AAP , CPI-M and National People's Party, during the same period.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the BJP has declared donations of nearly Rs 720 crore in 2022-23, while the total donations (over Rs 20,000) declared by national parties for the financial year 2022-2023 amounted to Rs 850,438. crore from 12,167 donations.
As per the data compiled by ADR, a whopping Rs 719,858 crore out of 7,945 donations was declared by the BJP, followed by Rs 79,924 crore out of 894 donations by the Congress.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the country's sixth national party, stated that it has not received donations above Rs 20,000 during the fiscal year 2022-23, as it has stated for the last 17 years, it emerged.
It is mandatory for registered political parties to disclose individual donations above Rs 20,000 received in a financial year.
BJP's donations are 5 times more than the other 4 parties
According to the ADR report, the donations declared by the BJP are more than five times the total amount declared by the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, National People's Party (NPP) and CPI(M) for the same period.
The NPP is the only political party from the Northeast that has national party status.
The ADR also noted that a total of Rs 276,202 crore was donated to the national parties from Delhi, followed by Rs 160,509 crore from Gujarat and Rs 96,273 crore from Maharashtra.
Total donations from the national parties during the financial year 2022-2023 increased by Rs 91,701 crore, an increase of 12.09 percent over the previous financial year 2021-2022.
Donations to the BJP rose from Rs 614,626 crore in the financial year 2021-2022 to Rs 719,858 crore in the financial year 2022-2023 – an increase of 17.12 per cent, the ADR said.
However, the party's donations fell by 41.49 percent during the 2020-21 financial year compared to the 2019-20 financial year, the report said.
Congress's donations fell from Rs 95,459 crore in the 2021-2022 financial year to Rs 79,924 crore in the 2022-2023 financial year – a decline of 16.27 per cent. According to the ADR, donations increased by 28.09 percent between FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22.
Compared to the previous financial year, the decline in donations declared by CPI(M) was 39.56 per cent (Rs 3,978 crore), and for AAP by 2.99 per cent or Rs 1,143 crore.