Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission for the 2021 calendar year showing that the party spent some Tk 11 million more than what it earned that year.
The BNP’s expenditure was Tk 19.8 million (exactly Tk, 19,847,171) against its income of Tk 8.4 million (exactly Tk 8,412,444) in 2021.
With this, the party spent higher than its income in the last three consecutive years.
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BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi submitted his party’s audited financial statement of 2021 to the Election Commission.
As per the law, each registered political party is obliged to submit its financial statement of the previous calendar year by July 31 each year.
The sources of BNP’s income included party members’ subscriptions, donations and nomination paper sales.
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The main heads of expenditures had been salaries and festival bonus of their office staff, utility bills, distribution of relief materials and financial assistance to repressed party leaders and activists. The additional money came from the party’s bank account, according to the report.
In 2020, BNP spent Tk 17.4 million against its income of Tk 12.2 million.