Delhi Elections 2015: Allegations flow thick and fast against AAP

NEW DELHI: Five days to go for Delhi polls, allegations today flew thick and fast with BJP and a break- away group of AAP accusing the Arvind Kejriwal-led party of receiving Rs 2 crore last year through four "dubious" companies, a charge strongly rejected by the party.

AAP even dared the central government to initiate a probe and take any action it deemed fit.

It all started with Karan Singh and Gopal Goel of AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM) alleging that four donations of Rs 50 lakh each were remitted to the account of AAP from four different "dubious companies" on the midnight of April 15 last year.

"All the four donations hit AAP website on exactly the same date and time around midnight. Later I found they do not have net worth or profits for donating Rs 50 lakh each," Goel claimed. However, AAP claimed that Karan Singh was sacked from the party last year for anti-party activities.

Latching on to AVAM's allegations, BJP mounted a stinging attack on AAP, claiming its funding was dubious and accused the party of indulging in money laundering and pumping in black money.

"The party has been talking a lot about transparency in political funding. The revelations show how this party used illegal and wrong route and indulged in money laundering through hawala and pumped in money into AAP's political funding," Union minister and BJP leader Piyush Goyal said.

Claiming that the funding was against the provisions of law, he said the four companies cannot fund political parties as only those with three years of profits can donate a part of their profits to political parties.