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The BJP had received over 76 per cent of all donations made through electoral trusts in 2019-20, a study by poll watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms has found.
These trusts are non-profits through which companies and individuals can contribute to political parties indirectly and lobby as a collective of contributors.
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The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are a distant second and third, respectively.
Of the 21 registered trusts, only seven have declared receiving contributions during 2019-20, totalling almost Rs 363.52 crore.
“The BJP received Rs 276.45 crore or 76.17 per cent of the total donations received by all political parties from electoral trusts followed by the INC (Congress) which received Rs 58 crore or 15.98 per cent,” the NGO’s report said. The AAP received Rs 11.27 crore.
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