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The BJP received ₹276.45 crore or 76.17 per cent of total donations given to all political parties from electoral trusts in 2019-20, according to a report by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms).

The BJP was followed by the Congress which received ₹58 crore or 15.98 per cent of total donations received by all parties from all seven electoral trusts, it said.

The report that analysed contribution reports of electoral trusts for financial year 2019-20 said top donors to the electoral trusts included JSW, Apollo Tyres, Indiabulls, Delhi International Airport and DLF groups.

JSW Steel Ltd. contributed the highest amount worth ₹39.10 crore among all donors of electoral trusts, followed by Apollo Tyres Ltd. with ₹30 crore and Indiabulls Infraestate Ltd which contributed ₹25 crore to various trusts.

"BJP received ₹276.45 crore or 76.17 per cent of the total donations received by all political parties from electoral trusts followed by Congress which received ₹58 crore or 15.98 per cent of the total donations received by all parties from all seven electoral Trusts. Other 12 political parties including AAP, SHS, SP, Yuva Jan Jagriti Party, Jannayak Party, JDU, JMM, LJP, SAD, INLD, JKNC and RLD received a total of ₹25.4652 crore collectively," the report said.

The Election Commission had circulated guidelines for submission of contribution reports of electoral trusts to submit an annual report containing details of contributions received by the electoral trusts and disbursed by them to political parties in the interest of transparency.

Fourteen out of the 21 electoral trusts, registered with the Central Board of Direct Taxes, submitted their contribution details in 2019-20 to the EC of which only seven declared to have received any donations during that year.