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Election Commission data shows TDP received over ₹83 crore in donations in 2024–25, down from over ₹100 crore earlier. Janasena got ₹25.33 crore, while YSRCP received over ₹140 crore. Natco Pharma emerged as a major donor to all three parties.
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BRS working president says the same company had also purchased electoral bonds from Congress and BJP
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A five-judge Constitution Bench struck down the electoral bonds scheme, holding that denying voters the right to know the details of funding of political parties would lead to a dichotomous situation and the funding of parties cannot be treated differently from that of the candidates who contest elections
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Instead of attacking the opposition, PM Modi must make candid introspection on why the electoral bond scheme was scrapped by the apex court
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Chowdhury also came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre saying that "electoral bonds were a systematic way to extort money".
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The senior BJP leader said all political parties need to sit together and deliberate if the Supreme Court gives any further direction on the matter.
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In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge constitution bench had scrapped the Centre's controversial electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional".
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The bench said the apex court had, in its verdict in the electoral bonds case, asked the bank to disclose all the details of the bonds and it should not wait for further orders on this aspect.
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Political parties had filed data on Electoral Bonds in sealed cover as directed by the Supreme Court's interim order dated April 12, 2019, the poll panel said in a statement.
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The BJP got Rs 8,000 crore in electoral bonds and if one compares it with the amount received by the Congress, it would be clear who has been carrying out loot, Uddhav Thackeray claimed
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Nirmala emphasized the need for a more transparent system in the future, without commenting on the possibility of a new law.
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It said this be preferably carried out by 5 pm on Saturday and once the exercise is completed, the original documents be returned to the EC.
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Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also said the party continues to demand unique bond ID numbers, so that it can precisely match donors to recipients.
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The data as received from the SBI can be accessed at: https://www.eci.gov.in/candidate-politicalparty The data has been provided by the SBI in two parts.
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The poll panel issued a press note providing the link on which the data provided by the SBI can be accessed.
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According to the Supreme Court order, the Election Commission will have to publish the details shared by the bank on its official website by 5 pm on March 15.
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"The provided data pertains to bonds bought and redeemed from April 1, 2019, to February 15, 2024," the affidavit stated.
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Stalin said that it was his government's opinion that the CAA was totally unnecessary and must be rescinded.
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The Supreme Court had on Monday rejected SBI's plea to extend the March 6 deadline for submitting the data to the ECI
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The court directed SBI to disclose information by March 12, and warned of contempt action if not complied with. SBI argued practical difficulties with the decoding exercise
