According to reports by The Indian Express, the Election Commission of India (ECI) revealed data on electoral bonds, showing that 333 individuals purchased bonds worth ₹358.91 crore between April 2019 and January 2024. Notably, 15 prominent figures, many holding key positions in major corporations, bought bonds totalling ₹158.65 crores, comprising 44.2% of the total amount. These individuals include:
- Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming – ₹1,368 crore
- Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (ArcelorMittal) – ₹35 crore
- Laxmidas Vallabhdas Merchant (Reliance Life Sciences) – ₹25 crore
- Rahul Bhatia (IndiGo) – ₹20 crore
- Inder Thakurdas Jaisinghani (Polycab Group of Companies) – ₹14 crore
- Rajesh Mannalal Agarwal (Ajanta Pharma Limited) – ₹13 crore
- Harmesh Rahul Joshi & Rahul Jagannath Joshi (Om Freight Group of companies) – ₹10 crore each
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (Biocon) – ₹6 crore
- Indrani Patnaik – ₹5 crore
- Sudhakar Kancharla (Yoda Group) – ₹5 crore
- Abhrajit Mitra (Searock Infraproject Private Limited) – ₹4.25 crore
- Sarojit Kumar Dey (JD Agro Development Private Limited) – ₹3.4 crore
- Dilip Ramanlal Thacker (Samudra Real Estate Private Limited; Jade Minerals & Mines Private Limited) – ₹3 crore
- Prakash Balwant Mengane (Shreenath Stapatya India Private Limited) – ₹3 crore
- Nirmal Kumar Bathwal (Penguin Trading & Agencies Limited) – ₹2 crore
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