‘BJP terrorising donors, will file defamation case’
4 Dec 2014 5:28 AM IST
Kejriwal also challenged the BJP to disclose the list of their donors as his party has done and accused the saffron party of “terrorising” those who have donated money to AAP.
He also took a jibe at the media for “arbitrary coverage” of the allegations levelled by the BJP.
“Media has widely covered arbitrary and baseless allegations by BJP against our funding. We are filing criminal defamation against BJP. I have been challenging BJP and Congress to disclose their list of donors (the way we do). Would media give similar coverage to us? For the first time, a political party (is) trying transparent funding n disclosing its list of donors”, Kejriwal poseted on Twitter.
The party said BJP has levelled certain baseless and defamatory allegations about the lack of transparency in funds collection by the AAP. Earlier on Monday, BJP had demanded a probe into AAP’s funding, with one of its parliamentarians Ramesh Bidhuri saying that its delegation would complain to the union finance minister.
AAP had organised lunch for traders, with an entry fee of Rs 20,000. The party collected a whopping sum of Rs 50 lakh.
In a similar event held in Mumbai last Thursday, the party had fetched Rs 91 lakh, taking the total to Rs 1.41 crore in just two such events. Accusing AAP of diverting funds from NGOs of its leaders, Delhi BJP had yesterday called for a probe into such events.
He also took a jibe at the media for “arbitrary coverage” of the allegations levelled by the BJP.
“Media has widely covered arbitrary and baseless allegations by BJP against our funding. We are filing criminal defamation against BJP. I have been challenging BJP and Congress to disclose their list of donors (the way we do). Would media give similar coverage to us? For the first time, a political party (is) trying transparent funding n disclosing its list of donors”, Kejriwal poseted on Twitter.
The party said BJP has levelled certain baseless and defamatory allegations about the lack of transparency in funds collection by the AAP. Earlier on Monday, BJP had demanded a probe into AAP’s funding, with one of its parliamentarians Ramesh Bidhuri saying that its delegation would complain to the union finance minister.
AAP had organised lunch for traders, with an entry fee of Rs 20,000. The party collected a whopping sum of Rs 50 lakh.
In a similar event held in Mumbai last Thursday, the party had fetched Rs 91 lakh, taking the total to Rs 1.41 crore in just two such events. Accusing AAP of diverting funds from NGOs of its leaders, Delhi BJP had yesterday called for a probe into such events.
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