AAP demands SIT probe into funding of major parties in Delhi
February 03, 2015  08:29
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Faced with allegations of receiving funds from "dubious" companies, the Aam Aadmi Party has demanded a Supreme Court-monitored Special Investigation Team to probe funding of all three major parties in Delhi polls and said it was ready to face any action if found guilty.

Asserting that it adopted "total transparency" in its funding, AAP's Yogendra Yadav accused the BJP of attempting to influence the voters ahead of the February 7 polls by bringing out false allegations. He was responding to allegations by AAP Volunteer Action Manch, a breakaway group of the Aam Aadmi Party, which accused the Kejriwal-led party of receiving Rs 2 crore last year through four "dubious" companies.

"AAP demands constitution of an SIT to probe funding of all three main political parties (AAP, Congress and the BJP). The SIT should be monitored by the Supreme Court as we already know how the government can manipulate a probe," he said while daring the parties to disclose their fundings publicly.

Yadav said "strangely instead of inquiring against the AAP, the BJP ministers are today making allegations even after sitting on the files for eight months." He said the party had anticipated such activities by the BJP and Kejriwal had warned about it a few days ago.
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