More than half of the registered unrecognised political parties associated with Bihar have failed to make their mandatory financial disclosures public for 2023-24, according to poll rights body the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

According to an ADR report, the NGO has reviewed 275 such parties -- 184 registered in Bihar and 91 in other states -- and found that 163 of those, or 59.27%, have neither uploaded their audit reports nor statements of donations above ₹20,000 on the websites of state chief electoral office for the Election Commission (EC).

Of these, 113 contested the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.

The report showed only 67 parties (24.36%) made both audit and contribution reports publicly available for 2023-24, collectively declaring an income of ₹85.56 crore, expenditure

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