New Delhi : 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 per cent, have neither uploaded their audit reports nor statements of donations above Rs 20,000 on the websites of state chief electoral officers or the Election Commission (EC).

Of these, 113 contested the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.

The report showed only 67 parties (24.36 per cent) made both audit and contribution reports publicly available for 2023-24, collectively declaring an i

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