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Electoral bonds data 2nd list: Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is second largest recipient of donations
- The party in power in West Bengal has received ₹1397 crore as donations in the fresh data released on Sunday are believed to be for the period from March 2018 to April 2019
The Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has once again emerged as the second largest recipient of political donations, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), through the electoral bonds, as per the fresh list of donations released by Election Commission of India on March 17.
The party in power in West Bengal has received ₹1397 crore as donations. The fresh details released on Sunday are political donations for the period between March 9, 2018 and April 11, 2019.
The details from April 12, 2019 until January 24, 2024 were made public by the Election Commission of India on March 14. The fresh data in sealed cover doesn’t, however, include the names of the donors except a few parties like the DMK and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The Commission on March 14, uploaded the data of the now-scrapped electoral bonds for making political donations on its website as per the orders of the Supreme Court (SC). In compliance with the SC order, the SBI handed over the electoral bonds data to the election body earlier this week.
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As per the fresh data, at the top of the beneficiaries, the BJP encashed electoral bonds worth ₹6,986.5 crore in the said period. The TMC is followed by the Congress party which has redeemed ₹1,334.35 crore through electoral bonds during the said period. K Chandrashekar Rao's BRS is the fourth largest recipient and has redeemed bonds worth ₹1322 crore in the new data sets.
Following a Supreme Court directive, the State Bank of India (SBI), which was the authorised seller of electoral bonds, shared the data with the poll panel on March 12 which was eventually uploaded by EC on its website on March 14.
At ₹1609 crore, Mamata Banerjee's party was also second largest recipient of political donations via electoral bonds in the first data between April 2019 and January 2024 released on March 14. The donations had increased after the party swept the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2021.The West Bengal Assembly elections, which Trinamool Congress won, were held between March 27 and April 29, 2021.
The Supreme Court on March 15 issued notice to the State Bank of India (SBI) for not furnishing the Electoral Bond data with ‘unique numbers’. The top court has asked the public sector bank to come up with a response on Monday, March 18. The ‘unique alphanumeric’ numbers establishes which party got what amount from whom.
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First Published:17 Mar 2024, 04:28 PM IST
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