New Delhi, Aug 1 (TIWN) The total assets of the BJP in 2017-18 registered a rise of 22 per cent compared to previous financial year's asset declaration of Rs 1,213 crore to Rs 1,483.35 crore, election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has said.

The total assets declared by the seven parties — BJP, Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Trinamool Congress (TMC)– in 2017-18 was Rs 3,456.65 crore, up from Rs 3,260.81 crore in 2016-17.  “During 2016-17, the declared assets of the BJP totaled Rs 1,213.13 crore and increased by 22.27 per cent to Rs 1,483.35 crore during 2017-18,” the report said.  As per the ADR report, the Congress and the NCP were the only two national parties that have shown a decrease in their annual declared assets.  The total assets of the Congress between 2016-17 and 2017-18 decreased by 15.26 per cent (from Rs 854.75 crore to Rs 724.35 crore) while those of the NCP fell by 16.39 per cent (from Rs 11.41 crore to Rs 9.54 crore) during the corresponding period.