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Jana Sena Party only unrecognised party to receive electoral bonds

A single party showed donations which have resulted in an uptick to donations to unrecognised parties

Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena
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Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena is contesting the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with the BJP and TDP

Ashli Varghese New Delhi

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With national and large regional parties receiving the bulk of donations through electoral bonds, smaller and unrecognised political parties largely responded with a ‘nil’ donation to election commission queries seeking information.

The communications were disclosed in full on Sunday. The analysis relies on these communications, along with earlier disclosures accessible in the public domain. A single party’s donations have resulted in an uptick in donations to unrecognised parties. These are parties that do not have a reserved symbol because they are new or have not garnered sufficient votes in previous contests. They received zero contributions between 2019 and 2021, compared to