The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is now the richest political party in the country. The value of declared assets of BJP has increased from Rs 122.93 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 893.88 crore in 2015-16 while that of Congress has risen from Rs. 167.35 crore to Rs 758.79 crore, according to the NGOs Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Election Watch.

The value of the assets of Trinamool Congress witnessed a jump Rs. 0.25 crore to Rs. 44.99 crore during this 11-year period, according to the figures released by ADR and Election Watch at a press conference here, quoting declarations by the parties before the Election Commission.

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The total value of assets of CPI(M) has increased during the period by 383.47 per cent from Rs. 90.55 crore to Rs. 437.78 crore, ADR national coordinator Anil Verma said.

The increase in the value of assets of CPI has been the lowest - from Rs. 5.56 crore to Rs. 10.18 crore, he said. The value of assets of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has gone up from Rs. 43.09 crore to Rs. 559.01 crore and that of Nationalist Congress Party from Rs. 1.6 crore to Rs. 14.54 crore, Verma said.

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Verma said that declarations under 'other assets' are not easily verifiable.

"The increase in assets of the seven national parties from 2004-05 to 2015-16 has had the highest rise under 'other assets' among all asset heads -- from Rs. 108.655 crore to Rs. 1605.114 crore," Verma added.

"BJP has the highest capital at present after declaring Rs. 868.889 crore, followed by Rs. 557.38 crore of BSP and Rs. 432.64 crore of CPI(M)," Verma said.