This apart, the conch party has received Rs 67.28 crore through Corporate Donations and another Rs 3.32 crore from other sources followed by Tamil Nadu’s DMK, the report added.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) received a whopping Rs 622 crore through Electoral Bonds, the highest among 24 regional parties in the country in the time period between FY 2016-17 and FY 2021-22, revealed ADR report.

BJD the second richest regional party in the country has accumulated around Rs 622 crore through Electoral Bonds, which is around 89.81 percent of its total donations to the tune of Rs 692.609 crore, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report revealed.

This apart, the conch party has received Rs 67.28 crore through Corporate Donations and another Rs 3.32 crore from other sources followed by Tamil Nadu’s DMK, the report added.

“More than 89.81% of BJD’s total donations came from Electoral Bonds worth Rs 622 cr. DMK declared the second highest donations from bonds of Rs 431.50 cr (90.703% of its total donations) followed by TRS which declared Rs 383.6529 cr (80.45%) and YSR-C which declared Rs 330.44 cr (72.43%),” reads the ADR report.

It further added, “Between FY 2016-17 and 2021-22, BJD declared the highest total donations worth Rs 692.609 cr followed by TRS (Rs 476.893 cr), DMK (Rs 475.73 cr) and YSR-Congress (Rs 456.206 cr).

Worth mentioning, the total donations received by the 31 political parties analysed during the six-year period was Rs 16,437.635 crore. 

Donations worth Rs 9188.35991 cr were received from Electoral Bonds (55.90%), Rs 4614.53 cr were received from the corporate sector (28.07%) and Rs 2634.74509 cr were received from other sources (16.03%).

Moreover, during the six-year period, more than 52% of BJP’s total donations came from Electoral Bonds worth Rs 5271.9751 cr, while all other National parties amassed Rs 1783.9331 cr. INC declared the second highest donations from bonds of Rs 952.2955 cr (61.54% of its total donations) followed by AITC which declared Rs 767.8876 cr (93.27%).