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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicElection funding

Topic: Election funding

Covaxin maker contributed Rs 50 cr to BJP in FY23-24. Congress leaders pooled money for donations

Apoorva Mandhani -
While BJP received over Rs 2,243.9 crore in the financial year 2023-2024, Congress got Rs 280 cr. This didn't include electoral bond contributions received before SC struck down scheme.

SC ruling on bonds good but transparency problem in election expenditure still untouched

+TFP Gopalaswami N -
EBS is now gone, but ETS is still available, ECI should nudge political parties and the corporate world towards wider use of ETS. Then, at least one part of electoral funding can become cleaner.

Cash-mukt Congress soon? Data shows leadership crisis is not party’s only problem since 2014

Nikhil Rampal -
Congress had the most funding between 2004 and 2013-14. But since Modi came to power, BJP has got 400% more funding than the opposition party.

Now we know who is behind the massive funding gap between BJP and Congress: the corporates

Niranjan Sahoo -
BJP’s rise in capturing more than 80 per cent of total donations and Congress’s decline are linked to how they tapped corporate money.

Selfless national interest doesn’t quite drive corporate-politician ties: Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata -
Money's corrupting role in Indian politics has only grown since the country's independence, writes Ratan Tata

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