Former Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of an array of financial irregularities. Giving the presentation on documents allegedly revealing irregularities in the AAP’s finances, the Minister accused Kejriwal of being involved in hawala transactions through hundreds of shell companies, hiding financial details from the Income- Tax Department and the Election Commission.
Demanding Kejriwal’s resignation, Mishra said that if he didn’t step down, he would drag the Chief Minister by his collar and lock him up in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
“It has now become clear that Arvind Kejriwal is a corrupt man,” Mishra alleged before he swooned, apparently weakened by five days of fasting in protest against AAP’s refusal to disclose details of five party leaders’ travels abroad.
Addressing the Press conference, the ex-AAP Minister said at his residence that the party had received crores of rupees from shell companies run by people close to Kejriwal, mentioning in particular AAP legislators Charan Goel and Naresh Yadav.
These shell companies, Mishra alleged, also had ghost directors who donated money to the party and converted black money into white.
He said there were also discrepancies in the money received by the AAP and the amount it declared before the Election Commission.
Presenting the power point slide, Mihsra said, “The party did not declare money that it received. They got 25 crores, but showed only 20 crores. Where have the 5 crores goneIJ
Earlier, referring to one of the cases of alleged discrepancies, Mishra said the AAP received Rs 90 lakh as donation from a person identified as Priya Bansal of Bengaluru for 2014-15 and 2015-16, but the tax payable on her income was merely Rs 4,000.
“In 2014-15, the party had Rs 65,52,40,752 in its bank account, but the Election Commission was informed about only Rs 32,46,16,662 while the party put only Rs 27,38,71,611 in the public domain and told its volunteers it had no money,” Mishra said.
He also held that the party had made 461 bogus entries.
“All this happened with the knowledge of Arvind Kejriwal as these shell companies deposited money in AAP’s bank account on the same day and time in January 2014,” Mishra said, brandishing a sheaf of documents.
Mishra was accompanied at the meet by a man identified as Neil Haslam, who he said helped in exposing the funding.
“This is why I have been demanding foreign travel details of five AAP leaders,” Mishra said.
He added that he would also approach the CBI on Monday with documents and would soon expose another “scam” related to the AAP’s mohalla or health clinics.