A day after the Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party registered a historic win by winning 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, the Income Tax department on Wednesday issued a notice to the Aam Aadmi party in connection with a row over donations received by it.
As per reports, the IT department has sought AAP's reply in connection with the case by February 16.The IT notice to AAP was issued days after a breakaway volunteer group of the party - AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM) - accused Kejriwal's party of receiving Rs 2 crore last year through four "dubious" companies.
However, AAP categorically rejected the allegations made by the group and challenged the Centre to order a probe by any central investigation agency including CBI into the matter. AVAM had claimed that the money was donated to the AAP on the midnight of April 15 last year.
AAP senior party leader Yogendra Yadav had told in press conference."This is a conspiracy. We invite the government to order an investigation before the February 7 polls itself by any of its agencies -- be it CBI, ED, IB, police, army... and subsequently arrest us if we have done anything wrong,".
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