Gandhinagar : Six registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) in Gujarat reported total donations running into hundreds of crores of rupees over five financial years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, according to data compiled by the independent election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on the parties’ income, expenditure, donations and electoral performance.
Bharatiya Rashtriya Janata Dal reported total donations of Rs 0.36 crore in 2020-21, Rs 189 crore in 2021-22, Rs 576.5 crore in 2022-23, Rs 191.6 crore in 2023-24 and Rs 198.8 crore in 2024-25, according to ADR’s compilation. Its reported donations over the five years totalled Rs 1,156.1 crore.
New India United Party reported total donations of Rs 407.5 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 291.6 crore in 2024-25. Its total donation figures for 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2023-24 were unavailable in the compiled data. The party’s reported cumulative total was Rs 699.1 crore. Swatantra Abhivyakti Party reported nil donations in 2020-21, Rs 75.9 crore in 2021-22 and Rs 395.4 crore in 2022-23. Satyavadi Rakshak Party reported total donations of nil in 2021-22, Rs 85.7 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 330.6 crore in 2023-24. Figures for 2020-21 and 2024-25 were unavailable. Its reported cumulative total was Rs 416.2 crore. Jan Man Party reported total donations of Rs 97.1 crore in 2021-22, Rs 35.3 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 1.2 crore in 2023-24. The document reported its cumulative total at Rs 133.6 crore.
Shelly Mahajan, research manager at ADR, said that it has been observed that in earlier reports too, unrecognised political parties have received a large number of donations. Authorities have not specified for how long such entities will remain delisted,” she said. “The FIRs are a welcome development, but there is still no clarity on the delisting aspect.