Ruling Awami League earned more than Tk21 crore in 2021 while the political party’s expenditure for the year was Tk6.3 crore.
The political party’s income and expenditure statement for last year was submitted to Election Commission Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker by Awami League’s Treasurer HM Ashiqur Rahman on Sunday.
The party’s major source of income has been the sale of nomination papers and primary membership forms.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) spent Tk1.98 crore against its income of Tk84.12 lakh in the calendar year for 2021 – leading to a deficit of Tk1.14 crore, according to its annual financial report submitted to the EC on 28 July.
BNP Joint General Secretary of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi submitted the report to the Election Commission Secretary Md Humayun Kabir Khondkar mentioning that it met the shortfall from the previous year’s fund.
