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The Congress party's donations above Rs 20,000 fell by nearly 75% to Rs 130.69 crore in 2025-26, marking the steepest annual decline in a decade, according to an analysis of the party's filings with the Election Commission. This follows two years of higher collections, with Rs 517.39 crore received in 2024-25, the year of the Lok Sabha elections. The last steeper fall was in 2015-16, when donations dropped by roughly 86% from Rs 141.46 crore the previous year. The BJP received Rs 6,074.02 crore in donations exceeding Rs 20,000 in 2024-25, nearly 12 times Congress's collection. The BJP's figure for 2025-26 is not available as the party's contribution report has not been made public by the Election Commission yet. The BJP collected more than the Congress in each of the 12 financial years examined.
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