Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP received a "staggering amount of $16 million in funding from Khalistani groups between 2014 and 2022". He said the complaint was submitted by one Ashoo Mongia.
ALSO READ: India on report identifying RAW official in Pannun ‘assassination’ case: 'Unwarranted, unsubstantiated claims' The principal secretary wrote, "I am directed to forward a complaint dated 01.04.2024 (in original) received from Sh. Ashoo Mongia National General Secretary (World Hindu Federation India), alongwith printout of posts on platform "X" (erstwhile Twitter), made by Dr.
Munish Kumar Raizada, former worker of Aam Aadmi Party, referred in the enclosed letter and a pen drive as received." Delhi's Lieutenant Governor said the complainant referred to a video purportedly featuring Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani terrorist and founder of banned organisation Sikhs For Justice. In the video, Pannun alleged that the AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, received “a staggering amount of $16 million in funding from Khalistani groups between 2014 and 2022".
The principal secretary said it was alleged that a clandestine meeting occurred in 2014 between Kejriwal and pro-Khalistani Sikhs at Gurudwara Richmond Hills, New York. “During the said meeting, Kejriwal purportedly promised to facilitate release of Devender Pal Bhullar [Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar], in return for substantial financial backing from Khalistani factions to Aam Aadmi Party," the letter from Saxena's office read.
Bhullar is a former professor and convict in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case. The complainant also mentioned a few posts on X made by former AAP worker Munish Kumar Raizad – wherein Raizad is said to have “shared a picture of Arvind Kejriwal and Sikh leaders" from
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