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As of April 8, 2025, industries in Delhi donated \u20b9405 crores to political parties in one year. Gujarat ranks second. Industrialists from Gujarat have surpassed those from Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata in political donations. This has led to the belief that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s BJP government is supporting industries by bringing them under the legal framework and facilitating their operations. During Narendra Modi\u2019s 12-year tenure as Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel had already allocated the most land to industries. This could be one of the major reasons.<\/p>\n
According to Forbes India\u2019s 2024 list of top philanthropists, Delhi-based Shiv Nadar tops the list with a wealth of \u20b91.25 lakh crore. Despite this, he has donated more than Gujarat’s top industrialists like Adani, Ambani, Mehta, and Tata. However, Gujarat\u2019s industrialists are relatively less generous in donating to public causes and even hesitate to publicly donate to the BJP. It is believed that they are making large private donations to the BJP.<\/p>\n
According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)<\/strong>, political parties received over \u20b92,544.28 crores in donations in 2023-24, an increase from the previous year. The BJP received the highest amount<\/strong> of donations. Even the Congress saw an increase.<\/p>\n In the last fiscal year, the BJP received \u20b92,343.947 crores in donations, while the Congress received \u20b9281 crores. Details of donations above \u20b920,000 were submitted to the Election Commission. BSP has consistently declared for 18 years that it has not received any donation above \u20b920,000.<\/p>\n BJP\u2019s donations increased by 212%<\/strong>, while Congress donations increased by 252.18%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In Gujarat, political parties received \u20b9404 crores in one year, of which \u20b9402 crores went to the BJP<\/strong>, and the Congress received just \u20b92.45 crores<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The BJP received most of this money from corporate groups and individuals.<\/p>\n In 2016-17, after Modi became Prime Minister, the BJP received \u20b9174 crores in donations. Within 9 years, this amount has more than doubled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Some donors without PAN cards donated \u20b91.33 crores to the BJP. Companies like Narayan Realty<\/strong> and Sairuchi<\/strong> alone donated \u20b950 lakhs.<\/p>\n Between April 1, 2019 and February 15, 2024, 22,217 electoral bonds<\/strong> were purchased, with 50% going to the BJP<\/strong> and only 11% to the Congress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Some major companies that bought bonds include:<\/p>\n Notably, companies owned by Adani, Tata, or Ambani<\/strong> are not listed as buyers of electoral bonds.<\/p>\n Total electoral bond fund received by parties:<\/p>\n Other parties like AIADMK, Shiv Sena, TDP, YSRCP, DMK, JDS, NCP, JD(U), RJD, AAP, and SP also received bond donations.<\/p>\n In the past 3 years, 90,000 taxpayers who claimed tax exemptions under Section 80GGC<\/strong> (political donations) were issued notices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n These taxpayers donated large sums (\u20b91.5 lakh to over \u20b910 lakh) and claimed tax deductions on those. The total tax-exempt donation was about \u20b91,075 crores. Several programs were cancelled or investigated<\/strong> as a result.<\/p>\n In Gujarat, many taxpayers were raided or received notices<\/strong> for declaring lesser donation amounts in returns than what was recorded.<\/p>\n Three years ago:<\/p>\n About 20 political parties received donations but were not recognized parties. 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\nFrom Delhi alone, national parties received \u20b9990 crores, from Gujarat \u20b9404 crores, and from Maharashtra \u20b9334 crores.<\/p>\n
\nThe BJP’s donation total was six times more than the combined donations received by four other national parties (Congress, AAP, NPEP, and CPI(M)).<\/p>\nDonations from Gujarat<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Electoral Bonds and Gujarat Donors<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Black Money and Political Donations<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Earlier Malpractices<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Regional Parties and Donations<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Hidden Donor Data by BJP (2019\u201320)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Why Are Gujarat\u2019s Industries Donating to BJP?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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