Electoral bonds: Here are AAP’s top 10 donors
Among these, six are on the list of leading donors of the Congress party. One among these six donors, Avees Trading Finance Pvt Ltd, donated Rs 10 crore to AAP.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Image source: PTI)The Aam Aadmi Party’s top 10 donors donated Rs 52.4 crore through electoral bonds, according to data shared with the Election Commission on Thursday.
Among these, six are on the list of leading donors of the Congress party. One among these six donors, Avees Trading Finance Pvt Ltd, donated Rs 10 crore to AAP.
Three other firms — MKJ Enterprises Ltd; Torrent Power Limited; and Transways Exim Private Limited — each donated Rs 7 crore to AAP. Among the others, IFB Agro Industries Limited, a Kolkata-based distillery and bottling company, donated Rs 4 crore. Likewise, Pune-based BG Shirke Construction Technology Private Limited donated Rs 1 crore to AAP. This company provides infrastructure construction and engineering services.
The above six companies collectively donated to Congress multiple times more than to AAP.
Other top donors for AAP included Bajaj Auto Ltd (Rs 8 crore), Asian Trading Corporation Limited (Rs 5 crore), Bird Worldwide Flight Services (Rs 2 crore) and Avon Cycles Ltd (Rs 1.4 crore). Delhi-based Bird Worldwide Flight Services is a service provider in the fields of travel technology, aviation services, hospitality, retail, and
education.
The data shared by the Election Commission last week showed that the AAP’s win in the Punjab Assembly polls in March 2022 drew in a big amount of donations for the party. In the whole of 2021, the party received only Rs 1.85 crore through electoral bonds. Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls held in February 2022, it received Rs 3.4 crore in January (2022). After winning the elections, the party got Rs 44.45 crore by redeeming 126 electoral bonds in three months — October, November and December — in 2022.
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