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Rs 2,490-cr tax exemptions given to 10 main political parties in last 5 years

New Delhi, Dec 3: Tax-exempted income of the 10 main political parties in the last five years touched a whopping Rs 2,490 crore with Congress and BJP accounting for around 80 per cent of the



The Congress had a tax-exempted income to the tune of Rs 1385.36 crore, more than double of the BJP, which recorded an amount of Rs 682 crore.

BJP ally JDU's tax free income in this period except for the year 2008-09 has been Rs 15.51 crore.

Mayawati's BSP recorded an income of Rs 147.18 crore in three financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2011-12. The party filed incomplete return in 2009-10 and had no tax-exempted income in 2010-11.