55. (SOCIAL-40) HEAT ON DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
As the election campaign in Delhi reaches fever pitch, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) traded charges over a BJP advertisement in newspapers, purportedly targeting AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on his ‘gotra’ (clan) and raising questions over donations to his party.The two controversies prompted a war of words between the two main political adversaries in the capital with the BJP claiming that the AAP was “indulging in hawala at midnight” and the AAP accusing the BJP of insulting Mr. Kejriwal’s clan. Both rushed to the Election Commission to file complaints against each other.
Demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into funding of Congress, BJP and itself, the AAP on Tuesday rubbished allegations of dubious funding and dared the government to launch any inquiry against it.Putting up a strong defence in the wake of controversy over receiving donations of Rs 2 crore from four "dubious" companies last year, a battery of AAP leaders addressed a press conference here claiming the party vetted all donations with "due diligence". AAP sources said it was not the party's responsibility to check the source of money of everyone who donates as the PAC just ensures that there is no quid pro quo between the donors and the references
Five days ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, BJP has alleged that we receive funding from 'dubious sources'. "Since it's a serious allegation we want to make it clear that all our transactions are transparent and digitalised.
The row over funding and donations to the AAP erupted with AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM), a breakaway group of the AAP, alleging that the party had received Rs. 2 crore from “dubious sources” last year. According to AVAM, the party accepted four donations of Rs. 50 lakh each at midnight on April 5, 2014. While the AAP denied the charges, the BJP was quick to seize the moment and brand the money received as “Hawala at Midnight.”
Demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into funding of Congress, BJP and itself, the AAP on Tuesday rubbished allegations of dubious funding and dared the government to launch any inquiry against it.Putting up a strong defence in the wake of controversy over receiving donations of Rs 2 crore from four "dubious" companies last year, a battery of AAP leaders addressed a press conference here claiming the party vetted all donations with "due diligence". AAP sources said it was not the party's responsibility to check the source of money of everyone who donates as the PAC just ensures that there is no quid pro quo between the donors and the references
Five days ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, BJP has alleged that we receive funding from 'dubious sources'. "Since it's a serious allegation we want to make it clear that all our transactions are transparent and digitalised.
The row over funding and donations to the AAP erupted with AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM), a breakaway group of the AAP, alleging that the party had received Rs. 2 crore from “dubious sources” last year. According to AVAM, the party accepted four donations of Rs. 50 lakh each at midnight on April 5, 2014. While the AAP denied the charges, the BJP was quick to seize the moment and brand the money received as “Hawala at Midnight.”
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