Nine electoral trusts donated Rs 6.4 billion to parties in four years

Satya Electoral Trust changed its name to Prudent Electoral Trust during 2016-17

Nine electoral trusts donated Rs 6.4 billion to political parties between 2013-14 and 2016-17, with the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP receiving the maximum donation of Rs 4.9 billion and the Congress Rs 866.5 million, a report said on Monday.
 
Five national parties received 92.30 per cent (Rs 5.9 billion) of the total donations from electoral trusts, while 16 regional parties got only 7.70 per cent (Rs 490.9 million) of Rs 6.4 billion donations from electoral trusts, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed.
 
The BJP and the Congress are the only two political parties