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Sonia and Rahul Gandhi led Indian National Congress' income (total) was pegged at Rs 1,687.12 crore, which made it party No. 1, while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came in second for the period 2010-11 to 2013-14, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). (Image Source: AP)
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"The total income of national parties, excluding BJP, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party for 2014-15, collectively for five years (2010-11 to 2014-15), from all over India was Rs 4,261.23 crore. "Despite lack of information for 2014-15, Congress declared the highest total income from all over India of Rs 1,687.12 crore followed by BJP with Rs 1,475.44 crore," the NGO said. (Image Source: PTI)
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The report titled 'Analysis of Income Tax Returns and Donations received by National and Regional parties of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for FY 2010-11 to 2014-15 was prepared by the 'Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Election Watch' and ADR. The report stated that CPM collected Rs 552.30 crore, Bahujan Samajwadi Party Rs 391.21 crore and CPI Rs 9.02 crore. (Image Source: PTI)
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"Income for Congress from sale of coupons/publication amounted to Rs 1,311.96 crore (77.7 per cent of total income)," stated the report released at a press conference by the office-bearers of both the bodies. Voluntary contributions/donations is the most common and the highest source of income for most of the national and regional political parties. It forms 46.49 per cent (Rs 2039.647 crore) of the total income of all political parties together, it said. (Image Source: PTI)
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It was, however, the contentious political debate over issues, which BJP has linked to its pet theme of nationalism, that was the key component of Shah's speech as he sought to slam Congress over its vice president Rahul Gandhi's "justification" of anti-national slogan- shouting in the JNU. (PTI)
