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Companies gave 80 percent of the money to the BJP, 20 percent to other parties
Delhi, December 23, 2025
According to data up to December 20, 2025, reports from 13 out of 19 electoral trusts are available. Of these, nine trusts have given a total of ₹3,811 crore to political parties in 2024-2025. The ruling party at the center, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), received ₹3,112 crore, which is more than 82 percent of the total funds disbursed by the trusts.
The Supreme Court has struck down the government’s secret political funding scheme through electoral bonds. With the closure of electoral bonds, electoral trusts are showering money on political parties.
The Congress party received 8 percent of the total amount, or ₹299 crore. The remaining 10 percent, or approximately ₹400 crore, went to all other parties combined.
This is a 200% increase compared to the ₹1,218 crore given by the trusts in 2023-2024. Four trusts (Janhit, Parivartan, Jai Hind, and Jai Bharat) did not give any money to the parties.
Prudent Electoral Trust gave a total of ₹2,180 crore to the BJP. The trust primarily received funds from companies like Jindal Steel and Power, Megha Engineering, Bharti Airtel, Aurobindo Pharma, and Torrent Pharmaceuticals. Prudent also donated to Congress, TMC, Aam Aadmi Party, and TDP, but approximately 82% of its total funds of ₹2,668 crore went to the BJP alone.
Progressive Electoral Trust collected ₹917 crore from various companies during the financial year 2024-25, of which ₹914.97 crore was disbursed. 80.82 percent of this amount also went to the BJP. This trust includes Tata Group companies such as Tata Sons, TCS, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, and Tata Power.
Prudent Electoral Trust has funded the Congress, TMC, AAP, TDP, and other political parties, but a significant portion of its total ₹2,668 crore in 2024-2025 went to the BJP.
Mumbai-based KEC International Limited was the sole contributor to the ‘Janpragati Electoral Trust’. Of the total ₹1.02 crore received by the trust, ₹1 crore was given to the Shiv Sena (UBT). The ‘Harmony Electoral Trust’ received ₹35.65 crore, of which ₹30.15 crore was given to the BJP. Companies like Bharat Forge (₹22 crore) and Kalyani Steel were major contributors.
The ‘New Democratic Electoral Trust’ received a total of ₹160 crore from the Mahindra Group of Companies, of which ₹150 crore was given to the BJP. Of the ₹25 crore received by the ‘Triumph Electoral Trust’, ₹21 crore went to the BJP, with CG Power being the largest contributor. Meanwhile, the ‘Jan Kalyan Trust’ received a total of ₹19 lakh, which was equally divided (₹9.5 lakh each) between the BJP and the Congress.
In the last financial year (2023-24), the BJP received a total of ₹3,967.14 crore. Of this, 43% came from electoral bonds. After the Supreme Court declared the bond scheme illegal, companies now donate directly or through electoral trusts via cheques, demand drafts, or UPI transfers, the details of which must be disclosed to the Election Commission.
