Government is harassing the party and targeting its donors: Kejriwal

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Income Tax department has issued a notice to Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, citing discrepancies in the donors’ list submitted to tax officials and what had been put up on the party website. Terming the notice as “malicious”, AAP alleged that the BJP-led NDA government is harassing the party and targeting its donors.

AAP national treasurer Raghav Chadha said, “Initially, there was an inadvertent error in the list submitted to the income tax department, which has been rectified in the revised ITR after receiving the notice.”

“To revise an IT return is the legitimate right of a party. Not even single donation is concealed by Aam Aadmi Party. We maintain 100 per cent transparency in donors’ details and the amount we receive. The IT department had issued us a notice and we have revised the IT return,” he said.

The party had removed the donors’ list from its website claiming that its donors were being harassed by tax officials. Attacking AAP over the issue, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari alleged that the funding details of Aam Aadmi Party are “manipulated”.