Electoral Bond: The claim that BJP received 11,000 Crore Rupees donation is misleading

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BJP has only received ₹6,061 crore through Electoral Bonds

The Election Commission recently shared data related to Electoral Bonds on its website, sourced from the State Bank of India (SBI). This information, spread across two extensive lists totaling 763 pages, offers insights into both the purchasers of these bonds and the political parties receiving them. However, there’s a catch: the electoral bond data does not specify which company donated to which party. Now, since this info came out, social media has exploded with all sorts of claims. Some people are claiming on social media that the BJP received a whopping Rs 11,000 crores through these bonds.

Alleged Fact Checker Mohammed Zubair wrote, Breaking. BJP received ₹11562.5 crores! Electoral bonds data received from SBI, Here is the summary of the amount received by the political parties. Also included top donors.

BJP received 11262 crore rupees
screenshot of now deleted Tweet

Congress supporter X handle named Newton wrote, BIG BREAKING: BJP has got a whopping 11,562 Cr rupees through electoral bonds. This is the biggest scam in the history of India.

Congress Supporter Priyamwada wrote, Shocking and mind boggling, BJP received Rs 11,562.5022 CRS. BJP looting India, the reason they can boast about 400 PAAR. This time it’s BJP KI HAAR. BJP needs to be removed from power ASAP.

An X handle named Harun Khan wrote on X, BJP received 11562.5 crores. Top donors: Future gaming & Megha Engineering. Meanwhile IT cell guys, who were getting just 2₹ per Tweet.

Journalist Sohit Mishra wrote, BJP, which earned Rs 11 thousand 582 crore from electoral bonds, has reduced the price of petrol and diesel by two rupees to give relief to all of you.. Congratulations!

An X handle named India Awakened wrote, BJP received 11562.5 crores through Electoral Bonds Scam. Now imagine how much money they must be looting through corruption and black money.

An X handle named Rahul Gandhi (Parody) wrote, BJP has got 11562.5 Crores from Electoral Bonds. Imagine how much money the Prime Minister has looted from the public by giving benefits to different companies. Then Godi media says that I and my party Congress are corrupt.

Apart from this, Nishant Kumar Niraj, Yashwant Kumar Saroha, Radhika Yadav, and Aalam Saifi, etc also made similar claims.

So, is it true that BJP received donations worth Rs 11000 crore through Electoral Bonds? Let’s Fact Check.

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Fact Check

During our investigation, we first did keyword research with the relevant keywords. During this, We came across a report by Money Control dated March 15, 2024. According to this report, the BJP comes out on top as the biggest receiver of Electoral bonds. They cashed in bonds worth Rs 6060.5 crore between April 12, 2019, and January 24, 2024. Following closely behind, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) stood second, raising Rs 1609.50 crore through electoral bonds. Meanwhile, the Congress secured the third spot by raising Rs 1421.9 crore.

Money control report on how much BJP received through electoral bonds
source: Money Control

After that, we stumbled upon another report, this time from Hindustan Times, dated March 15, 2024. According to this report, various political parties including BJP, Congress, AIADMK, BRS, Shiv Sena, TDP, YSR Congress, DMK, JDS, NCP, Trinamool Congress (TMC), JDU, RJD, AAP, and SP have all received funds through electoral bonds. The BJP stands out as the top recipient, raking in over ₹6,061 crore through these bonds, while the TMC received ₹1,610 crore. The Congress also received ₹1,422 crore through this funding mechanism. Following closely behind is the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which received a total of ₹1,215 crore through electoral bonds. The Biju Janta Dal (BJD) secured funding of ₹776 crore through this channel.

Donations via electoral bonds
source: Hindustan Times

Hence, all these points make it clear that the BJP hasn’t received donations totaling Rs 11,000 crore through Electoral Bonds. Instead, they’ve received Rs 6,061 crore through these bonds. Plus, it’s important to note that the BJP isn’t the only party receiving donations this way. Other political parties have also received contributions through Electoral Bonds. Following the BJP, the TMC received Rs 1,610 crore, and the Congress received Rs 1,422 crore in funds through electoral bonds.

ClaimBJP received donations worth Rs 11000 crore through Electoral Bonds
Claimed byMohammed Zubair, Newton, Harun Khan, Sohit Mishra, etc
Fact CheckMisleading

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