AAP received more than Rs 7 crores in foreign contributions, ED tells home ministry
The Aam Aadmi Party said that it had already responded to the central agencies and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of raising an old matter.
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The Enforcement Directorate has told the Ministry of Home Affairs that the Aam Aadmi Party received more than Rs 7 crores through foreign funds in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, The Indian Express reported on Monday, citing unidentified officials.
Only Indian citizens or companies can make donations to political parties. Political parties are not allowed to accept foreign contributions as per the Representation of the People Act and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
In October 2022, the Enforcement Directorate first sent a communication to the Union home ministry in connection with the allegations of foreign funding after it recovered documents and emails while probing a 2015 drugs case against former Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira, among others, The Indian Express reported.
In August 2023, the central law enforcement agency sent a detailed communication to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Department, which reports to the Union home ministry. It alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party had violated the regulation and the Representation of the People Act.
The Enforcement Directorate recently shared fresh inputs in this matter with the ministry, the newspaper reported quoting an unidentified official.
On Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party said that it was an old matter. The party said that it had taken all its donations “with complete transparency” and...
