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Mittal, Britain's wealthiest Asian, donated 125,000 pounds to Prime Minister Tony Blair's party. He was followed by Ghulam Noon, founder of Noon food products, who contributed 100,000 pounds, according to figures released by the electoral commission.
Lord Swraj Paul and Moni Varma of Veetee Rice, who is estimated to be worth 30 million pounds, contributed 10,000 pounds each.
Leading NRI contributors to the Conservative Party included Mohammed Ali of the Ambala Group who donated 6,000 pounds.
In the three months leading up to the June seven election, the Conservatives received 12.4 million pounds in donations against the 5.3 million pounds received by the Labour party. The Liberal Democrats got 840,000 pounds.
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