The trust—which has major contributions from DLF and Bharti Group—toppled Aditya Birla Group’s General Electoral Trust from the No. Political funding through such trusts is, of course, only a small part of the overall money received by political parties in India. In 2017-18, the latest year for which data are available, the BJP received Rs 405.5 crore while the Congress received only Rs 23.9 crores from this electoral trust. From 2013-14 till 2015-16, the Satya/Prudent trust donated Rs 193.62 crore to the BJP and Rs 57.25 crore to the Congress. The Aditya Birla Group’s General Electoral Trust, which had been the top donor before 2013-14, was now at No.2.

Source: Huffington Post July 15, 2019 01:52 UTC