Electoral Bonds Data: Here Is The List Of Top 10 Donors For Political Parties

Updated: Friday, March 15, 2024, 17:52 [IST]

The Election Commission on Thursday made the data on electoral bonds public. Following a Supreme Court directive, the State Bank of India shared the data with the poll panel on March 12.

Going by the list, a little-known lottery company called Future Gaming and Hotel Services is the highest donor. Among the better-known names in the list are steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, Sunil Bharti Mittal's Bharti Airtel, Anil Agarwal's Vedanta, ITC, Mahindra and Mahindra, DLF, PVR, the Birlas, the Bajajs, the Jindals, Spicejet, IndiGo, and the Goenkas.

Future Gaming and Hotel Services purchased possibly the highest amount of bonds worth Rs 1,368 crore, followed by Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd at Rs 966 crore. Future Gaming was probed by the Enforcement Directorate in March 2022.

While it is already known that the ruling BJP received the highest amount of donation of over Rs 6,000 crore followed by the Congress party, the data dump only disclosed the amount donated by each entity or individual. It does not say who donated to which party.