BJP accounts for 70% of assets declared by national parties: ADR report

Declared assets worth Rs 4,847.78 crore in FY20, according to ADR's analysis

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared assets worth Rs 4,847.78 crore in the fiscal year 2019-20, the highest among all political parties, followed by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at Rs 698.33 crore and the Congress at Rs 588.16 crore, according to poll reforms advocacy group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

ADR prepared its report based on its analysis of assets and liabilities of national and regional parties in FY20.

According to the analysis, the total assets declared by the seven national and 44 regional parties during FY20 amounted to Rs ,988.57 crore and Rs 2,129.38 crore, respectively.

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