NEW DELHI, NOV 9: Contributions to the Indian National Congress registered a steep reduction during the 2025-26 financial year, according to disclosure documents submitted to the Election Commission.
The political organization reported receiving Rs 130.69 crore in declared donations above the Rs 20,000 threshold, representing a decrease of approximately 75 percent from the Rs 517.39 crore gathered in the preceding 2024-25 period. Analysts maintained that this represents one of the largest single-year pullbacks in declared contributions over the past decade, second only to a sharp drop documented during the 2015-16 reporting cycle.
A primary factor behind the lower total was a substantial reduction in funding channelled through the Prudent Electoral Trust. Contributions from the entity dropped to Rs 25 crore from Rs 216.34 crore recorded in the prior year. Additional notable contributors listed in the filing included Star Cement at Rs 5 crore, alongside individual donors Sajjan Bhajanka and Prem Kumar Bhajanka, who contributed Rs 4 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively.
By comparison, official disclosures for the 2024-25 financial cycle showed the Bharatiya Janata Party receiving Rs 6,074.02 crore under the same reporting bracket. Official figures for the subsequent period have not yet been released. Officials affirmed that the present filings focus exclusively on individual large-value donations and do not encompass total revenue streams such as membership collections or coupon sales, which will be detailed in the upcoming full audit report.
