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India TV NewsElectoral bonds: The Election Commission of India on Thursday published the complete electoral bond data submitted by the State Bank of India on the orders of the Supreme Court. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds with donations worth over Rs 6,000 crore in the last four years of the scheme, got funds from several corporates and individuals, including- Megha Engineering, Future Gaming, and Reliance-linked Qwik Supply. According to data released by the Election Commission on Thursday, Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering, which won several contracts for infrastructure projects, donated Rs 584 crore to the BJP, Qwik Supply Rs 395 crore, and Future Gaming Rs 100 crore. The Election Commission made public a fresh data set of electoral bonds, including their alpha-numeric numbers that can help match their purchasers with the political parties that received the funds. Political parties received donations from big corporate groups The BJP remained a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motor, according to an analysis of data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.