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It is true that the BJP's cash and bank deposits reached nearly ₹10,000 crore by 2024-2025, according to Election Commission data. However, the Reel cherry-picks the lowest reported figure for the Congress party's finances; while one dataset puts it at ₹133 crore, other Election Commission figures from March 2024 show Congress with over ₹850 crore. The claims about the number of offices each party

Some of it's right, some isn't. · checked 13 Oct 2026 · Politics

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When political parties start looking like investment portfolios. 📈😂 Imagine if political funding had a stock ticker. The returns would be a bigger debate than…

The trick: Exaggerates

It inflates the facts beyond what the evidence shows (known as exaggeration).

"if the BJP were a publicly listed company and we had invested in its shares 12 years ago, we might have been sitting on massive returns by now."

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What we checked

What the Reel doesn't tell you

• Figures provided to the Election Commission place the Congress party's cash and bank balance at ₹857.15 crore as of March 31, 2024.

How it plays you

It wants you to think: "The BJP's massive wealth accumulation is inherently corrupt and hypocritical given its anti-corruption slogans, while the Congress has been financially decimated."

Comparing political party funding to stock market investments oversimplifies complex financial realities and political structures. Furthermore, the post understates Congress's actual bank balance and declared assets to exaggerate the financial gap.

• Cherry-picking data: "Congress... reportedly has only around ₹100 crore in its accounts". It selects the lowest reported figure cited by a party treasurer to make the opposition look financially decimated, while ignoring official Election Commission data showing a much higher balance.

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