New DelhiCongress donations fell 75% to Rs 130.69 crore.
It is the steepest annual fall in a decade in filings to India’s Election Commission.
Prudent Electoral Trust gave Rs 25 crore, down from Rs 216.34 crore, accounting for much of the drop.
The report excludes coupon sales and smaller gifts, and the party’s audited 2025-26 account is not yet filed.
The Election Commission has yet to publish the Bharatiya Janata Party’s 2025-26 report, after Rs 6,074.02 crore in 2024-25.
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- Economic Times leans critical
- traces the donation collapse to the Prudent Electoral Trust decline, comparing it to the 2015-16 86% drop
Sources: Economic Times