By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Naveen Patnaik led BJD in Odisha, received a huge 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, a report prepared by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), said. BJD received Rs 692.609 crore between FY 2016-17 and 2021-22, which is the highest among all political parties.
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.
This apart, BJD has received Rs 67.28 crore through Corporate Donations and another Rs 3.32 crore from other sources.
“More than 89.81% of BJD’s total donations came from Electoral Bonds worth Rs 622 crore. 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.
“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 crore).
