AAP donations plunge in 2025-26; company of MP who later joined BJP, Ashutosh Ranka among donors

The AAP has disclosed ₹12.10 crore in contributions for 2025-26, down 68% from the previous year, with nearly 83% of the amount coming from Prudent Electoral Trust and Trident Limited, a company founded by former party MP Rajinder Gupta.

According to the party's contribution report to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Ashutosh Ranka, now a co-convener of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who had earlier served as an AAP spokesperson, made a donation of ₹21,100 to the party.

The contributions were made during 2025-26, before he took up his role in the CJP.

Prudent and Trident each gave ₹5 crore to the AAP. The remaining contributions totalled about ₹2.10 crore.

Mr. Gupta was elected to the Rajya Sabha on an AAP ticket in October 2025.