In the first full financial year after the Supreme Court scrapped the electoral bond scheme, the ruling party at the Centre consolidated its financial position, securing 12 times the donations received by its principal rival, the Congress. According to contribution reports submitted to the Election Commission (EC) for 2024-25, the BJP’s corpus is 4.5 times the total contributions received by a dozen opposition parties combined. BJP Donations Rise 50% to Rs 6,088 crore; Congress Receipts Halve to Rs 522 crore - The Wire
While the BJP received Rs 3,967 crore in 2023-24, this figure surged to Rs 6,088 crore in the year coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections. Just seven big corporate houses – the Tatas, the O.P. Jindal Group, L&T, Megha Engineering, Ashok Leyland, DLF, and Mahindra – accounted for more than half the contributions received by electoral trusts in 2024-25. These trusts, which donated a total of Rs 3,811.37 crore to various parties, saw the seven groups contribute Rs 2,107 crore, making up 55% of their corpus.
by Pawan Korada
24/12/2025