By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: No big players in top 20 electoral bond donors accounting for half of Rs 12,156 crore donated from 2019-24. TMC got Rs 1,609 crore Congress Rs 1,421 crore, BJP Rs 6,060 crore and BJD receives Rs 775.50 crore.
Qwik Supply Chain Pvt. Ltd. has a turnover of around Rs. 500 crore but has kindly donated Rs. 410 crore to the BJP. Tapas Mitra, a director in the company, is the head of accounts at Reliance. Qwik Supply Chain Pvt Ltd, owned by Reliance donated ₹410 crores
Future gaming and hotel services pvt ltd donated 1300 Crores to BJP. Even their website isn’t working. Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd, a prominent lottery company headed by Santiago Martin, with contributions amounting to Rs 1,368 crore.
Pakistan based company, Hub Power Company, donated Electoral Bonds weeks after the Pulwama attack!
‘On 11 April 23, Megha Engineering gives 100s Crs in ElectoralBonds to whom? But within a month it gets a 14,400 cr contract from BJP’s Maharashtra government! Though SBI has hidden Bond numbers from the info, some of donors & parties match can be guessed. Most donations seem a quid pro quo,’ Public Interest Lawyer and Activist , Prashant Bhushan said.
Major Contributors ; Future Gaming and Hotel Services PR: Rs 1,368 crore, Megha Engineering And Infrastructures Limited: Rs 966 crore., Qwik Supply Chain Private Limited: Rs 410 crores, Vedanta Limited: Rs 400 crore, Haldia Energy Limited: Rs 377 crore, Bharti Airtel Group: Rs 247 crores, Essel Mining and Industries Ltd: Rs 224 crores, Western UP Power Transmission Company Limited: Rs 220 crore, Keventer Food Park Infra Limited: Rs 195 crore, MKJ Enterprises Limited: Rs 192 crore
Electoral bonds received by Indian political parties.
BJP – 6,060.50 crore, TMC – 1,609.50 crore, Congress – 1,421.90 crore, BRS – 1,214.70 crore, BJD – 775.50 crore, DMK – 639 crore, YSRCP – 337 crore, TDP – 218.9 crore, Shivsena – 159.4 crore, RJD – 72.5 crore, AAP – 65.5 crore, Janata Dal – 43.5 crore, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha – 36.50 crore, NCP – 30.5 crore, Janasena Party – 21 crore, Samajvadi Party – 14.1 crore, Janata dal (United) – 14 crore, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – 13.50 crore, Shiromani Akali Dal – 7.30 crore, AIADMK – 6.10 crore, Sikkim Democratic Front – 5.50 crore, Rashtriya Janta Dal – 1 crore
