INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which is in office in poll-bound Telangana, received contributions worth Rs 529 crore via the
namely BRS, DMK and YSR Congress Party.BRS has declared the highest contribution receipts in excess of Rs 20,000 from individuals and
businesses as well as electoral bonds
Electoral bonds contributed 77% (Rs 529 crore) of its total receipts of Rs 683 crore for the year 2022-23, while Rs 90 crore was routed
through the Prudent Electoral Trust
YSR Congress Party, meanwhile, has declared total contributions (of Rs 20,000 and above) worth Rs 68 crore in 2022-23, of which 76% flowed
from bonds and Rs 16 crore from Prudent Electoral Trust.In 2021-22, BRS (then called Telangana Rashtra Samithi) had received Rs 153 crore
from bonds, DMK Rs 306 crore and YSRCP Rs 60 crore.Normally, political parties do not declare income from electoral bonds in their
contributions reports, as that is not mandatory under Section 29C of Representation of the People Act, 1951
contributions through bonds are not required to be disclosed
Yet, BRS, YSRCP and DMK have voluntarily included information about their receipts from bonds in their latest contributions reports filed
Among the national parties, AAP has declared total contributions worth over Rs 31 crore
