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Vedanta is Cong’s top donor, followed by Megha Group’s Western UP Power

The group’s Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited was also the highest donor to the BJP with Rs 529 crore — it was the second largest purchaser of electoral bonds, spending Rs 1,192 crore.

electoral bonds: Common to Cong, BJP: Group that gave the mostThe Congress redeemed poll bonds worth a total of Rs 1,422 crore since April 2019.
2 min readNew DelhiMar 22, 2024 09:47 AM IST First published on: Mar 22, 2024 at 04:30 AM IST

The top donor to the Congress was Vedanta Limited which contributed Rs 125 crore via electoral bonds. The Megha Group’s Western UP Power Transmission Company Limited is the second highest donor which contributed Rs110 crore. The group’s Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited was also the highest donor to the BJP with Rs 584 crore – it was the second largest purchaser of electoral bonds, spending Rs 1192 crore.

With a total of 338 donors contributing, the Congress redeemed poll bonds worth Rs 1422 crore since April 2019.

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MKJ Enterprises Limited, which trades in stainless steel, was at No.3 with 91.6 crore. Sasmal Infrastructure Private Limited, a second company of the Kolakat-based MKJ Group promoted by Mahendra Kumar Jalan, donated Rs 39 crore in bonds to the party.

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