Donations received by BJP and other parties through electoral bonds were exaggerated and went viral – electoral bonds data of BJP, Congress and other political parties viral with misleading claim

New Delhi (Vishvas News). After the Election Commission of India released the data related to electoral bonds, a post regarding this is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has received Rs 11500 crore through electoral bonds, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has received Rs 3214 crore, Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has received Rs 2278 crore, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has received Rs 1550 crore, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has received donations of Rs 1230 crore and YSR has received donations of Rs 662 crore.

Vishvas News in its investigation found the viral claim to be misleading. In fact, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India, BJP has received Rs 6,060 crore, TMC Rs 1609 crore, BRS Rs 1214 crore, BJD Rs 775 crore, DMK Rs 639 crore and YSR Rs 337 crore. Viral posts are being shared on social media saying that the election donations received by various parties have almost doubled.

what is viral post

Vishvas News tipline number +91 95992 99372 But the user has sent this post and requested to tell its truth. It is written in it,

Political parties, Number of States they rule, Total Donation via Electoral Bonds.

BJP : Centre and 18 States : 11500 Cr
TMC : 1 State : 3214 Cr
BRS : 1 State : 2278 Cr
BJD : 1 State : 1550 Cr
DMK : 1 State : 1230 Cr
YSR : 1 State : 662 Cr

Divide 11,500 by 18. 638.888…….. The LEAST donation by average
Electoral Bonds per Lok Sabha MP and Party Wise in last 5 years

BJP : 20.03 crore/MP
Cong : 27.3 crore/MP
AITC: 73.68 crore/MP
BJD : 70.5 crore/MP
DMK : 79.69 crore/MP
BRS : 200.43 crore/MP
YSR : 20.13 crore/MP
TDP : 110.3 crore/MP

Hope this will give you better clarity…
And, yes, Adani or Ambani donated nothing, absolutely nothing!!

Don’t you think bringing these figures in the public domain, a typical Modi’s master stroke.

(Translation: Political parties, number of states they rule, total donations through electoral bonds.

BJP: Center and 18 states: 11500 crores
TMC: 1 State: 3214 crores
BRS: 1 State: 2278 crores
BJD: 1 State: 1550 crores
DMK: 1 State: 1230 crores
YSR: 1 State: 662 crores

Divide 11,500 by 18. 638.888…lowest average donation
Electoral bonds per Lok Sabha MP and party in the last 5 years

BJP: 20.03 crore/MP
Congress: 27.3 crore/MP
AITC: Rs 73.68 crore/MP
BJD: 70.5 crore/MP
DMK: 79.69 crore/MP
BRS: 200.43 crore/MP
YSR: 20.13 crore/MP
TDP: 110.3 crore/MP

Hope this gives you better clarity…
And, yes, Adani or Ambani did not donate anything, not at all!!

Don’t you think bringing these data into public domain is a typical master stroke of Modi.)

Facebook user Yashwant Pagnis (archive link) also posted this claim on March 16.

investigation

To verify the viral claim, we searched about it on Google using keywords. Dainik Bhaskar’s Website Articles published on (archive linkAccording to ), the Election Commission has released the details of electoral bonds on its website. According to this, BJP has received Rs 6,060 crore. At the same time, TMC has received Rs 1,609 crore, Congress Rs 1,421 crore, BRS Rs 1214 crore, BJD Rs 775 crore, DMK Rs 639 crore and YSR Rs 337 crore.

The Hindu (archive linkAccording to the news published in , BJP has encashed electoral bonds worth Rs 6060.5 crore. BJP’s share in the total bonds redeemed by parties was over 47.5%, while TMC redeemed bonds at Rs 1609.50 crore (12.6%), Congress Rs 1421.9 crore (11.1%), BRS 9.5%, BJD 6.1% and DMK 5%.

Association for Democratic Reform (ADR) can also be seen in the report of donations received by political parties from electoral bonds.

The list of parties encashing electoral bonds has been published by the Election Commission of India. Website Can also be seen on.

This shows that the donations received by the parties have been exaggerated in the viral post. Accordingly, according to the MPs, the details given are also wrong.

Regarding this, Dainik Jagran National Bureau chief Ashutosh Jha says that BJP has received donations of about Rs 6 thousand crores. Misleading claim is going viral on social media.

Published in Scroll’s website Report (archive linkAccording to ), “Reliance Industries has not purchased any electoral bonds. However, firms associated with Reliance Group through common directors, addresses and associates are in this list. Quick Supply Chain Private Limited has purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 410 crore. Tapas Mitra, one of the three directors of the company, is also a director in Reliance Oil and Petroleum, Reliance Eros Production, Reliance Photo Films, Reliance Fire Brigades and Reliance Polyester. Speaking to PTI, a Reliance spokesperson said that Quick Supply Chain Private Limited is not a part of the Reliance Group. It is also written in the report that nothing has come to light in the initial investigation from which it can be said that Adani and Tata Group have purchased electoral bonds.

published in Reuters Report (archive link) has also given information about purchasing of electoral bonds by Quick Supply Chain. Apart from this, Reliance’s statement has also been given in it, in which the company has said that Quick Supply Chain is not related to Reliance.

We have also contacted Reliance through mail regarding this. A Reliance spokesperson said that Quick Supply Chain Private Limited is not a subsidiary of any Reliance entity.

of 31 January 2024 Hindustan Times (archive linkAccording to the report published in ), after the inclusion of Bihar, BJP is running the government in 17 out of 28 states of the country, either in full or as a coalition member. BJP had won 303 seats in the 2019 general elections.

Facebook making misleading claims user We scanned his profile. The user, who hails from Mumbai, has around 5600 followers.

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conclusion:

The viral post on social media is misleading. The donations received by other parties including BJP through electoral bonds are being shared by almost double.

• Claim Review : BJP has received donations of Rs 11500 crore through electoral bonds.
• Claimed By : FB User- Yashwant Agnis
• Fact Check : misleading

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