The Enforcement Directorate submitted an official report to the MHA alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party received over 7 crores in foreign funding, violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FRCA).
The ED provided the information to the MHA after recovering several emails and documents from the time when a money laundering investigation related to drugs was initiated against former Punjab AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in addition to other political figures. Sukhpal Singh Khaira is currently with the Congress Party.
The Federal Probe Agency discovered that so far, AAP has received approximately 7.08 crores in Overseas donation. On May 20, Monday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dismissed the allegations calling it a conspiracy by the BJP aimed at damaging the image of the Kejriwal Government during the current Lok Sabha elections.
During a media briefing on Monday, a senior AAP leader Atishi stated that as the BJP’s efforts to accuse their party leaders in the Liquor Scam and Swati Maliwal Sexual Harassment case had been unsuccessful, they have now brought up this new issue. They have rejected the allegations calling it baseless.
AAP MP Sandeep Pathak stated that the party has provided all necessary evidences to the relevant authorities and maintained it’s commitment to transparency in taking any kind of Donations. They have also provided full Records to the Election Commission of India. The MHA was also informed by the ED that the names and the nationalities of some people had been hidden in the party’s financial records to conceal the foreign donations being made to the party in its Indian Bank Account.
A Senior official mentioned that the allegations of the FCRA violations are investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) can write to them to request to look into the allegations raised by the ED.
