The Congress is the grand old political party of India. But is it turning into a humble party due to its failure in garnering people’s votes?
In four years, its voter base was snatched by the BJP. Has it also affected their funding? This is why, perhaps, there was an urgent requirement to ask the public for monetary help.
Where once the Congress held power in 13 states of the country, now it rules only two. The party’s president, Rahul Gandhi, has been trying hard to revive the party.
The party at present perhaps doesn’t have enough money to take on the BJP in the 2019 general elections. During the financial year of 2016-17, its income was reported to be ₹225.36 crore. Its corporate earnings had also reportedly dried up in the wake of its continuous defeats in assembly elections.
In lieu of all this, the party has had to resort to asking for small donations from the public.
I don’t think we need to be embarrassed about acknowledging that @incIndia is facing a funding crunch: https://t.co/BnAoXYEw44 We should call on all concerned citizens to help us face the moneybags of the BJP
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 23, 2018
Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor has said that the party should not feel embarrassed to ask for small contributions. He tweeted: “We should call on all concerned citizens to help us face the moneybags of the BJP.”
This is why the Congress is now considering crowdfunding for its political campaigns.