A Delhi-based businessman on Thursday claimed to have donated ₹2 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), rubbishing sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra’s allegation that the amount was paid by a shell company.
Cites public support
Mr. Sharma, a property dealer and tobacco trader, said he had donated the money through a demand draft on March 31, 2014. “The public support to the AAP at that time was over-whelming and I had donated the money to the party hoping that it will do good for Delhi and for the nation,” he said.
On Sunday, Mr. Mishra had alleged “massive irregularities” in the funding of the AAP and questioned the “suspicious” donation of ₹2 crore.
‘Tired of allegations’
He had also claimed that several shell companies had given money to the AAP and that the party knew it. Asked what took him so long to claim that he donated the money, Mr. Sharma said, "I was tired of the allegations that it was given by shell companies.”
He added that tax men were probing him since the last two-and-half years over the donation made to the party. A video clip of Mr. Sharma’s interview by a news channel was also retweeted by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
