New Delhi, March 16 -- A data uploaded by the Election Commission on its website regarding electoral bonds shows, the BJP was by far the biggest beneficiary of the electoral bonds scheme, receiving '6,061 crore as political donations in the last five years. This amounts to 48 per cent of all electoral bonds encashed by political parties since the start of 2019-20 and before it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court earlier this year.
Surprisingly, the Trinamool Congress was second on the list with bonds worth '1610 crore. The Congress is in the third spot with '1422 crore. Rounding off the top five are Bharat Rashtra Samithi, formerly Telangana Rashtra Samithi, with '1,215 crore and the Biju Janata Dal with '776 crore. Interesting...