Electoral Bonds Data: When did BJP get huge donations from electoral bonds? 200 crores were raised in just one day
Electoral Bonds Data: Just before the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Election Commission has made the data of electoral bonds public after receiving it from the State Bank of India. Due to this, there is a lot of uproar regarding election donations, because BJP has received a total of 47 percent of the total election bond donations, which is around Rs. 7 thousand crores. Meanwhile, a new revelation has come to light regarding donations to BJP, which shows that there were 8 such occasions with BJP that the party had received huge donations.
Data obtained from the Election Commission’s website shows that between April 2018 and 2023, there have been eight such occasions when BJP has received donations of one billion rupees or more through electoral bonds in a single day. The special thing is that there was a day when the party received donations of more than Rs 200 crore in just 24 hours.
According to the information, these were 8 such occasions in which the party had earned Rs 100 crore in one go, BJP’s figure turned out to be so big that there was no opposition party around it.
New data surprised everyone
Let us tell you that when the data received on Saturday was compared with the State Bank data received earlier, shocking facts emerged. In this, apart from BJP, Congress, DMK, AIADMK and NCP have disclosed the election donations received through bonds. Let us tell you that all political parties have shared the information about donations received from electoral bonds with the Election Commission.
Among these parties, DMK, AIADMK, AAP and Samajwadi Party have revealed the names of major donors. Let us tell you that CPI (M), CPI, NPP and BSP have said that they have not received any donation through electoral bonds. CPI (M) and CPI have said that donations through bonds will not be accepted on ethical grounds.
Election Commission released data
Political parties have given their donation data to the Commission in a sealed envelope, which has now been made public by the Commission. The details are believed to relate to the period before April 12, 2019. Electoral bond details after this date were made public by the election panel last week. The Election Commission said in a statement that the political parties had submitted the data of electoral bonds in a sealed cover as per the directions of the Supreme Court’s interim order dated April 12, 2019.
It is noteworthy that the Supreme Court had canceled the electoral bonds in February 2024. Also, State Bank was ordered to collect all the data and give it to the Election Commission. In this regard, the State Bank had sought extension till June 30, 2024, but the court did not give the extension and the State Bank had to hand over all the data to the Election Commission, which has now been made public by the Election Commission.
After the electoral bond data became public, opposition parties in the country are continuously attacking BJP’s election donations. However, donations of 53 electoral bonds of the total amount have also been received by other opposition parties against BJP, which include parties like Congress, TMC, Aam Aadmi Party, DMK, RJD Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena.
