BJD second richest regional party after DMK
With around 318 per cent (pc) rise in annual income in 2021-22, the BJD became the second wealthiest regional party in the country after the DMK.
According to the latest report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the regional party had earned Rs 307.28 crore in 2021-22, up from Rs 73.34 crore in 2020-21.
The party had Rs 278.65 crore excess income after expenditure of around Rs 28.63 crore during the fiscal.
After a slump in its income during 2020-21, the BJD reported the highest increase in income of Rs 233.94 crore, followed by TRS and DMK, which declared an increase of Rs 180.45 crore and Rs 168.79 crore respectively in 2021-22. Of the total income of Rs 1213.13 crore by 36 regional parties, the share of BJD’s income was 25.33 pc, which is the second highest.
Among the national parties, Trinamool Congress saw the highest 633 pc rise – from Rs 74.41 crore to Rs 545.74 crore, primarily due to gathering 96 pc of its income through electoral bonds. While the BJP’s income rose by 154 pc – from Rs 752.33 crore to Rs 1917.12 crore, that of Congress was up by 89.4 pc – from Rs 285.76 crore to Rs 541.27 crore.