Electoral bond donations: BJP received Rs 5,271 crores in 6 years

The Supreme Court (SC) has given a major ruling on the electoral bond today. It has banned the electoral bond with immediate effect. It has also stopped the issuance of new bonds.

Moreover, it has directed the SBI (State Bank of India) to share the details of the donations received so far. SBI has to submit this information to the Election Commission by March 6.

By March 13, all the data has to be posted on the Election Commission's website.

This will reveal the amount and source of donations to each party. 

The report of Analysis of Donations to Registered Recognized Political Parties (ADR) has analysed the donations received by 31 political parties in the last 6 years. 

The ADR report says that political parties got more than 16,437 crore rupees as donations. 

Out of this, 9,188 crore rupees came as electoral bonds, which is nearly 55 percent of the total donations.