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Story in numbers: Lack of transparency among parties

The deadline for submission of annual audited accounts was October 31, 2016

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Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
On November 19, 2014, the Election Commission of India (EC) had asked, in the interest of greater accountability and transparency, the presidents and general secretaries of all political parties to mandatorily submit details of their audited reports to the EC.
 
The national parties comprise Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India Marxist or CPI(M), and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). The AITC was recognised as a national party by the EC because of its presence and recognition as a state party