Reacting to the allegation of financial irregularities in political funding leveled against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by former Water and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh said that it has followed all prescribed norms and rules and the allegations were part of a conspiracy hatched by the BJP to crush it.
“The Central Government and the BJP wanted to crush the AAP and defame Kejriwal. “It is a conspiracy to de-recognise and de-register the AAP and the BJP is involved in it totally,” said Singh.
“Mishra and BJP repeat each other. BJP repeats what Mishra says and Mishra repeats whatever BJP says. And whenever BJP leaders speak of corruption, it is like Gabbar Singh is preaching non-violence,” he said.
Singh also questioned authenticity of the cheques shown by Mishra while making allegations in his Press conference earlier in the day.
“Cheques of Rs 35 crore each were shown. Nobody asked where they came from. It is a big fraud. Fake cheques were shown. Anyone can do this. Even I can make such cheque of Rs 70 crore in the name of the BJP. I ask BJP leaders to stop shooting its gun from Mishra’s shoulder,” he said.
Singh also accused the BJP of changing a law with retrospective effect to save itself from a court-ordered action for irregular political funding.
“The BJP and the Congress has not given declaration of about 70-80 per cent of donations worth Rs 1,000 crore in last 10 years. They said these 70-80 per cent donations were received from unknown sources. They are not ready to reveal the source. Whether it came from hawala or foreign companies or organisationsIJ” he asked.
Singh further said that after the demonetisation, old currency notes amounting to Rs 14.5 lakh crore was in circulation but deposits of Rs 17 lakh crore were made.
“Who owns this Rs 2.5 lakh croreIJ Were they owned by the BJP or the Congress or terroristsIJ RBI is not giving information about it. Despite of huge corruption, the Government is silent,” he said.
Singh also raked up past incidences of corruption in which the BJP leader were allegedly involved, while noting that former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi had said that the AAP was the most transparent when it come to political donations.
AAP MlAs Charan Goel and Naresh Yadav denied links with the entities named by Mishra and said they would file a defamation suit against him.