Will EC probe how 10 unknown Gujarat parties got Rs 4,300 crore: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that 10 anonymous parties in Gujarat received a massive donation of Rs 4,300 crore in five years, asking if the EC will probe where this money has come from and who is running the unknown outfits. Rahul made the remark based on a newspaper report that he quoted on social media.

As per the news item, 10 anonymous parties in Gujarat fielded 43 candidates in two Lok Sabha polls and one assembly election between 2019-24, garnering around a meagre 54,000 votes. Also, they showed an expenditure of Rs 39 lakh in election reports but claimed an expenditure of Rs 3,500 crore in audit reports, while they received a donation of Rs 4,300 crore.

"There are some unknown parties in Gujarat whose name nobody has heard but they received donations worth Rs 4,300 crore. They have contested elections, and spent money on them, on very few occasions. Where did these thousands of crores come from? Who is running them? And, where did the money go? Will the Election Commission investigate, or will it ask for an affidavit here too? Or will it change the law itself so that this data can also be hidden?" Rahul wrote on X. tnn