ECI i.e. Election Commission of India has released the data of electoral bonds on its website.
After the order of the Supreme Court, it has become clear who had purchased how many electoral bonds. The special thing is that the biggest buyers of bonds in this list are not the famous companies or businessmen of the country.
Apart from this, many bonds have also been purchased at the individual level. Among the parties receiving donations through this, there are many parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Trinamool Congress.
These are the top 5 donors
Future Gaming and Hotel Services, formerly known as Martin Lottery Agencies Limited, tops the list.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) also investigated it in the year 2022. It had purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 1350 crore through two different companies.
The name of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited is at second place in the list. It has purchased bonds worth a total of Rs 966 crore.
In third place is Quick Supply Chain Private Limited, which purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 410 crore. Vedanta Limited, which bought bonds worth Rs 400 crore, is at fourth place and Haldia Energy Limited is at fifth place. The company purchased bonds worth Rs 377 crore.
List of 10 big donors
1- Future Gaming and Hotel Services- Rs 1350 crore
2- Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited – Rs 966 crore
3- Quick Supply Chain- Rs 410 crore
4- Vedanta Limited- Rs 400 crore
5- Haldia Energy Limited – Rs 377 crore
6- Bharatiya Group- Rs 247 crore
7 Essel Mining and Industries- Rs 224 crore
8- Western UP Power Transmission Company Limited – Rs 220 crore
9- Keventer Foodpark Infra Limited – Rs 195 crore
10- Madanlal Limited- Rs 185 crore
Apart from Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, individuals like Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Varun Gupta, BK Goenka, Jainendra Shah and Monica are also among those who have donated privately through electoral bonds.
These parties received donations
Those who received donations include BJP, Congress, AIADMK, BRS, Shiv Shiv, TDP, YSR Congress, DMK, JD-S, NCP, Trinamool Congress, JDU, AAP, RJD, Samajwadi Party, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, BJD, Goa Forward Party. , Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, JMM, Sikkim Democratic Front and other parties.