Congress popularity wanes, attracts a mere 20% of BJP’s receipts in 2017-18
Op IndiaThe popularity of the Grand Old Party, Congress has been on the downswing since 2013 with the BJP coming to power in 2014 backed by a thumping majority. The waining popularity of the Congress party, despite the several Rahul Gandhi ‘coming of age’ articles written by its friendly media, is evident from the fact that their income has plummeted massively in 2017-18 as compared to 2016-17, as reported by Bharti Jain of Times of India. Times of India reported that Congress’ income fell to Rs 199 crores in 2017-18 as compared to Rs. CPM’s income stood at Rs 104.8 crore, BSP’s at Rs 51.7 crore, NCP at Rs 8.1 crore, Trinamool Congress at Rs 5.17 crore and CPI at Rs 1.55 crore. According to the Times of India, Congress’ major share of revenue has come from the issue of coupons totalling Rs.