New Delhi: Three national and 22 regional parties collected 50.54% or ₹587.87 crore of their income from donations through electoral bonds for the FY 2018-19. The three national parties include All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). All the three national and 22 regional political parties analysed in this report submitted their audit reports on time. Of the three national parties analysed, only AITC declared receiving donations through electoral bonds of ₹97.28 crore. Only five of the 22 regional parties that were analysed declared donations through electoral bonds amounting to ₹490.59 crore.

Source: Mint December 08, 2019 06:11 UTC