Gaming to infra to mining — here are the top 20 purchasers of electoral bonds

The top 20 donors, including Future Gaming, Megha Engineering and Qwiksupplychain Pvt Ltd, account for Rs 5,830 crore or 48% of the total electoral bonds purchased between April 2019 and January 2024, according to the Election Commission of India, which on Thursday uploaded on its website data on electoral bonds as received from the State Bank of India.

While Future Gaming is owned by Santiago Martin, a lottery king from South India; Megha Engineering, which builds dams and power projects, is owned by PV Krishna Reddy and PP Reddy. Vedanta Limited, which also figures in the top 20, is one of the biggest mining conglomerates in the world and is promoted by Anil Agarwal.

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Purchase name	Amount in Rs (crore)
FUTURE GAMING AND HOTEL SERVICES PR	1368
MEGHA ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED	966
QWIK SUPPLY CHAIN PRIVATE LIMITED	410
HALDIA ENERGY LIMITED	377
VEDANTA LIMITED	376
ESSEL MINING AND INDS LTD	225
WESTERN UP POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED	220
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED	198
KEVENTER FOODPARK INFRA LIMITED	195
MKJ ENTERPRISES LIMITED	192
MADANLAL LTD.	186
YASHODA SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL	162
UTKAL ALUMINA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	145
DLF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS LIMITED	130
JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LIMITED	123
B G SHIRKE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD	119
DHARIWAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED	115
AVEES TRADING FINANCE PVT LTD	113
TORRENT POWER LTD	107
BIRLA CARBON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED	105