The BJP declared assets worth Rs 4,847.78 crore in the financial year 2019-20, the highest among all political parties, followed by the BSP at Rs 698.33 crore and the Congress at Rs 588.16 crore.

According to poll reforms advocacy group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), its report is based on its analysis of assets and liabilities of national and regional parties in 2019-20.

As per the analysis, the total assets declared by the seven national and 44 regional parties during the financial year amounted to Rs 6,988.57 crore and Rs 2,129.38 crore, respectively.

Among the seven national parties, the highest assets were declared by the BJP (Rs 4847.78 crore or 69.37 per cent), followed by the BSP (Rs 698.33 crore or 9.99 per cent) and the Congress (588.16 crores or 8.42 per cent), the ADR report said.

Among the regional parties, the highest assets were declared by the Samajwadi Party at Rs 563.47 crore (26.46 per cent), followed by the TRS at Rs 301.47 crore and the AIADMK at Rs 267.61 crore.

The ADR report stated that Fixed Deposits/FDR constituted the largest share of Rs 1,639.51 crore (76.99 per cent) of the total assets declared by regional parties.

Under the FDR/Fixed Deposits category, the BJP and the BSP declared Rs 3,253.00 crore and Rs 618.86 crore while the Congress declared Rs 240.90 crore.

Among regional parties, SP (Rs 434.219 crore), TRS (Rs 256.01 crore), AIADMK (Rs 246.90 crore), DMK (Rs 162.425 crore), Shiv Sena (Rs 148.46 crore), BJD (Rs 118.425 crore) among others declared the highest assets under FDR/Fixed Deposits.

The total liabilities declared by the seven national and 44 regional parties for the FY 2019-20 amount to Rs 134.93 crore.

The national parties declared the total liabilities of Rs 74.27 crore while regional parties declared total liabilities of Rs 60.66 crore.