AAP's fund raising drive in Gujarat receives poor response

Gujarat is followed by Delhi (Rs 2,936), UP (Rs 2,625), Maharashtra (Rs 2,108), Karnataka (Rs 1,779), Haryana (Rs 1,324), Andhra Pradesh (Rs 1,278), Goa (Rs 1,998), Puducherry (Rs 4,381) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 1,099).

"If we need more money we will ask people to donate more. Gujarat is a prosperous state and people will donate much more," Doshi said.

Donation data also suggests that AAP was more popular among urbanites and has been getting more than half of the donations from cities.

From Ahmedabad, 482 citizens donated Rs. 9.25 lakh to AAP's accounts, while 134 citizens from Vadodara, 172 from Surat and 314 from Rajkot donated Rs. 1.96 lakh, Rs. 1.31 lakh and Rs. 1.08 lakh respectively.

Political commentator Dinesh Shukla said that AAP may be lagging behind in projecting itself which resulted in less donations from Gujarat.

"AAP has not been getting due publicity here in Gujarat. Until now they could not project themselves well to attract good donation. Kejriwal's visit could improve AAP's state of affairs in Gujarat," Shukla said.

According to Shukla, there is also another probable reason for attracting less donations from Gujarat.

"Kejriwal's recent attacks on Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries may also result in lesser funds from Gujaratis, since the Ambanis are from Gujarat," he said.