Kejriwal opposed note ban as it threatened money laundering: Kapil Mishra

May 19, 2017 02:02 pm | Updated 02:02 pm IST - New Delhi

Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Friday claimed that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had opposed the demonetisation move as it threatened to “derail” his “money laundering” attempts.

Mr. Mishra told a press conference that the AAP had got money funnelled through shell companies and wondered how it accepted donations from companies that were slapped notices “for not paying VAT“.

“Why did he (Kejriwal) fiercely oppose demonetisation? Why did he travel across the country against the move? Because his men, who hoard black money, were being raided by enforcement agencies,” he claimed.

Mr. Mishra, who has been suspended from the AAP, also alleged that Delhi-based businessman Mukesh Kumar, who claimed to have donated Rs. 2 crore to AAP in 2014, was merely a mask for “proclaimed black money offenders.”

“Ten days before AAP took office in 2013, Mukesh Kumar’s company was slapped a notice by the Delhi government for not paying VAT. And then this person goes on to donate Rs 2 crore to AAP, ” he said.

He also questioned Mr. Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for not acting against Mukesh for defaulting on VAT after coming to power in 2013.

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