Mayawati's BSP richest with Rs 670 crore bank balance

Lucknow : Mayawati's Bahujan Samajwadi Party and Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is flooded with funds, said a media report on Sunday.

As per official records, the BSP has biggest bank balance among all the political parties. As per an expenditure record filed to the Election Commission, the BSP has Rs 669 crores in their bank accounts.

The party also has Rs 95.54 lakh as cash in hand. On the second spot is SP with Rs 471 crore in its bank accounts. It saw only a slight dip in its cash deposits after the recent Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana, said a report in a leading daily.

Congress took the third spot in the list with Rs 196 crore as bank balance. However, the party hasn’t updated the details since its victory in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assembly elections.

Telugu Desam Party comes next with a cash deposit of Rs 107 crore while BJP comes fifth with a bank balance of Rs 82 crore.