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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the biggest beneficiary of the electoral bond scheme in 2017-18, receiving bonds worth around Rs 210 crore of the Rs 215 crore issued.

It is true that BJP was the biggest beneficiary of the electoral bond scheme in 2017-18 as per their audit report and information disclosed by SBI.

It is true that BJP was the biggest beneficiary of the electoral bond scheme in 2017-18 as per their audit report and information disclosed by SBI. According to the information provided by SBI, to Factly, a fact-checking website, as per Right to Information Act 2005, about 336.9 crores worth of electoral bonds were sold. Due to the anonymity of the buyers of the bonds, there has been uncertainty over the number of bonds sold to political parties. Therefore after looking at BJP's annual audit report for 2017-18, available on the official website of Election Commission of India, it is verified that the party had been the biggest beneficiary of the scheme as the amount disclosed as 'Contribution through Electoral Bonds' is around 210 crores.

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