Suspended AAP MLA accuses Delhi's ruling party of 'embezzling' public donations

New Delhi: In further trouble for Arvind Kejriwal's party, suspended legislator of Aam Aadmi Party Devinder Sehrawat on Monday accused Delhi's ruling party of 'embezzling' public donations.

At the same time, he urged Chief Minister to 'clarify the fraud within 48 hours'.

Addressing a press conference, Sehrawat alleged that large-scale misappropriation of money was going on in AAP.

"Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is deeply mired in corruption, which is evident from vanishing of more than Rs 16 crore from the donations received from the common man," he said.

He said that such a large-scale misappropriation is not possible without the involvement of the top leadership, including the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party.

"When notices were served by the Income Tax Department, AAP, a party which had advocated transparency in political funding, removed the list of donors from the party website which earlier showed realtime data," Sehrawat added, alleging that this was done to hide 'embezzlement' of donations, as per IANS.

He urged Kejriwal to "clarify this fraud within 48 hours".

Press Release on the Misappropriation of Donations Received By The Aam Aadmi Party over Sixteeen Crore, 16000 Entries missing. — Col DevinderSehrawat (@ColSehrawat) October 17, 2016

Sehrawat, a retired colonel, represents Bijwasan.

He was suspended from AAP for anti-party activities in September.

Meanwhile, AAP refused to comment on Sehrawat's allegations, saying that his allegations were not worthy of any reaction.

On the other hand, BJP's Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay said, "Sudden deletion of AAP's donation list from its website and revelation of financial irregularities in the party shows that financial scams were going on in Kejriwal's party."

(With IANS inputs)