The donations for the Bharatiya Janata party in the year 2024-25 rose sharply to Rs 6,088 crore, which is 50% higher than Rs 3,967 crore received by the party in 2023-24. The BJP had revealed the details in a report submitted on December 8, which the Election Commission published last week.
What is BJP’s total corpus?
The BJP’s election fund in 2024–25 was nearly 12 times larger than that of the Congress, standing at Rs 522.13 crore. When the donations received by a dozen Opposition parties, including the Congress, are added together, the total comes to Rs 1,343 crore. This means the BJP alone received about 4.5 times more money than all these parties combined, the Indian Express reported.
The IE took a detailed look at the BJP’s 162-page contribution report shows that electoral trusts donated Rs 3,744 crore to the party in 2024–25. This made up 61% of the total funds it received. The remaining Rs 2,344 crore came from other sources, such as individual donors and companies.
Who are BJP’s top donors?
Apart from electoral trusts, several companies were among the BJP’s top 30 donors in 2024–25. The biggest contributors included Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd, which donated Rs 100 crore, followed by Rungta Sons Private Limited with Rs 95 crore and Vedanta Limited with Rs 67 crore. Other major donors were Macrotech Developers Limited (Rs 65 crore), Derive Investments (Rs 53 crore), Modern Road Makers Pvt Ltd (Rs 52 crore) and Lotus Hometextiles Limited (Rs 51 crore).
More large donations came from Safal Goyal Realty LLP, which gave Rs 45 crore, ITC Limited with Rs 39 crore, Global Ivy Ventures LLP with Rs 35 crore, ITC Infotech India Ltd with Rs 33.5 crore, and Hero Enterprises Partner Ventures, Mankind Pharma Limited and Suresh Amritlal Kotak, each of whom donated Rs 30 crore. Hindustan Zinc Limited also contributed Rs 27 crore during the year.
The BJP’s contribution report lists all individual donations above Rs 20,000. At present, companies can donate to political parties through cheques, demand drafts or bank transfers. Political parties must disclose these donations in their contribution statements and annual audit reports filed with the Election Commission.