'Centre harassing AAP donors'
New Delhi, Dec 28, 2016, DHNS:
AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the central government of harassing his party’s donors and trying to unleash a maligning campaign against it by dubbing its donations as “benami”.
“Very soon some unethical TV channels are going to accuse our party of benami transactions,” said Kejriwal while denying any wrongdoing in an interview.
The rival Delhi BJP sought Kejriwal’s resignation as chief minister over “donation bungling” and Swaraj India dared the AAP to own up to the ‘wrongdoings’ in donation collection and debate political funding.
Kejriwal said: “After a thorough Income Tax probe into our donations, they have found about 150 entries out of 1.5 lakh entries in which we do not have the address of the issuer of a donation cheque.”
“About Rs 50 lakh is involved in bank-to-bank transfer, but they are insisting on knowing the addresses of the donors. We told them to issue notices to banks and they will provide the address of the donors, but they do not want to do that,” said Kejriwal.
The Delhi chief minister also endorsed a suggestion to tax political parties on cash donations received by them. “V gud idea. I fully agree. AAP receives less than 8% of its donations in cash against 70-80% cash donations by Cong-BJP,” he tweeted.
Kejriwal uploaded on social media a notice issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs to an AAP donor and asked his mentor and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who recently raised doubts over AAP funding, to see for himself the harassment being meted out to AAP donors.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari charged that the funding details of the AAP were manipulated.
“Kejriwal has deceived the people of the country by claiming high moral ground, now he has no moral right to remain in office and he should resign,” he said.
“Very soon some unethical TV channels are going to accuse our party of benami transactions,” said Kejriwal while denying any wrongdoing in an interview.
The rival Delhi BJP sought Kejriwal’s resignation as chief minister over “donation bungling” and Swaraj India dared the AAP to own up to the ‘wrongdoings’ in donation collection and debate political funding.
Kejriwal said: “After a thorough Income Tax probe into our donations, they have found about 150 entries out of 1.5 lakh entries in which we do not have the address of the issuer of a donation cheque.”
“About Rs 50 lakh is involved in bank-to-bank transfer, but they are insisting on knowing the addresses of the donors. We told them to issue notices to banks and they will provide the address of the donors, but they do not want to do that,” said Kejriwal.
The Delhi chief minister also endorsed a suggestion to tax political parties on cash donations received by them. “V gud idea. I fully agree. AAP receives less than 8% of its donations in cash against 70-80% cash donations by Cong-BJP,” he tweeted.
Kejriwal uploaded on social media a notice issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs to an AAP donor and asked his mentor and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who recently raised doubts over AAP funding, to see for himself the harassment being meted out to AAP donors.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari charged that the funding details of the AAP were manipulated.
“Kejriwal has deceived the people of the country by claiming high moral ground, now he has no moral right to remain in office and he should resign,” he said.
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