The total donations declared by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) are more than three times the total donations declared by all other national parties during the six year period from 2016-17 to 2021-22, according to the latest report “Analysis of Donations to Registered Recognised Political Parties, FY16-17 to FY21-22”, prepared jointly by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW).

During the six-year period, more than 52% of the BJP’s total donations came from electoral bonds worth Rs5271.97 crore, while all other national parties received Rs1,783.93 crore, as per the report, a copy of which has been accessed by IANS.

It has pointed out that during the same period the Indian National Congress declared the second highest donations from bonds of Rs952.29 crore, which is 61.54% of its total donations. The All India Trinamool Congress followed by declaring Rs767.88 crore, which is 93.27% of the total donations.

While more than 89.81% of the Biju Janata Dal's  (BJD) total donations came from electoral bonds worth Rs622 crore. the DMK declared the second highest donations from bonds at Rs431.50 crore which is 90.703% of its total donations. Closely following was the TRS, which declared Rs383.6529 crore (80.45%) and the YSR-C which declared Rs330.44 crore (72.43%), the ADR-NEW report has pointed out.

During the six-year period under review, as per the report, the total direct corporate donations declared by the national parties were Rs3,894.83 crore, while the regional parties declared Rs719.69 crore. “The direct corporate donations declared by seven national parties are more than five times the corporate donations declared by 31 Regional Parties during the six-year period,” the report said.

It has also pointed out that the corporate donations declared by the BJP were at least three to four times more than the total corporate donations of all other national parties. In the financial year 2017-18 it was more than 18 times that of all other national parties.

"For the six-year period, the BSP has consistently declared no corporate donations while the CPI has declared receiving zero corporate donations from the financial year 2018-19 to 2021-22. 12. In the six-year period, direct corporate donations declared by the regional parties increased by 152.02%,” the ADR-NEW report read.