AAP claims BJP conspiracy as Mishra says CM corrupt
CLAIMCOUNTER CLAIM Former minister says AAP received crores from shell companies, party denies charge
Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of being involved in financial irregularities and routing funds through ‘shell companies’ — things he claimed AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had ‘knowledge’ of.
Demanding Kejriwal’s resignation, Mishra also said that he will file a complaint with the CBI on Monday in the matter. Mishra had last week filed a complaint against Kejriwal accusing him of receiving ₹2 crore as bribe money.
“Yeh ab spasht hai ki Kejriwal bhrasht hai (It’s clear that Kejriwal is corrupt)... either he should resign, or I will drag him by his collar to Tihar jail,” Mishra said.
Talking to reporters at his residence, Mishra alleged that the AAP had received “crores of rupees” from 16 “shell companies” over the past three years, which converted black money into white.
Mishra also alleged discrepancies in the money received by AAP and the amount it declared before the election commission.
Mishra was accompanied by former AAP volunteer Neil Tarrance Haslam, who had joined the BJP.
Mishra alleged these shell companies are run by people close to Kejriwal and named two AAP legislators — Shiv Charan Goel and Naresh Yadav — who he claimed were running some of these companies.
Goel and Yadav both denied the charges and said that they will file a criminal and civil defamation case against Mishra.
Mishra, who has been on a hunger strike for the past five days, later dramatically fainted before he could share with the media documents he said would prove his charges.
“In 2014-15, AAP had ₹65,52,40,752 (Rs 65.5 crore) in its bank account, but the election commission was informed about only ₹32,46,16,662 (₹32.4 crore) while the party put only ₹27,38,71,611 (₹27.3 crore) in the public domain and told its volunteers it had no money,” Mishra said.
“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 documents.