Congress Is Richest Political Party In India, BJP Second

According to the new report, the Congress party is the richest political party in India. In the last seven years the Indian National Congress earned Rs 2008 crore, mainly through donations by undisclosed sources.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earned Rs 994 crore in the same period and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party BSP made Rs 484 crore.

The details revealed by Delhi based NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms ADR who gather the information through an RTI.

“It is a black box of the political parties. Basic source of corruption in this country is political funding. By regulating political funding, we cannot end corruption, but can make a major dent,” Prof Jagdee Chhokar, Founder member of ADR said in a press conference.

The incomes of other parties are:

NCP – Rs 160 crore

CPM – Rs.417 crore

Samajwadi Party – Rs.279 crore

AIADMK – Rs 59 crore

TDP – 53 crore

DMK – Rs 40 crore

Shiv Sena – Rs 32 crore,

JDU – Rs 26 crore

SAD – Rs 25 crore

Trinamool – Rs 9 crore

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