New Delhi, Nov 27: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been slapped with a notice of Rs 30.67 Crore by the Income Tax department. The taxman wants AAP to explain by December 7 the alleged discrepancies in donations received. The notice for tax assessment for financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16 has pegged the AAP’s taxable income at Rs 68.44 crore. According to the notice, the political party has not disclosed donations worth Rs 13 crore.
The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led party, which was formed on an anti-graft platform, celebrated its fifth anniversary in Delhi on Sunday. The party has its roots in the India Against Corruption, the mass movement for a Lokpal bill led by Anna Hazare.
At the party’s five-year celebration rally, party chief and Delhi CM Kejriwal had the BJP in his cross-hairs as he referred to AAP’s anti-corruption agenda. “On corruption, the BJP is as bad as the Congress. Even judges are not safe it seems. Just as you had uprooted the Congress, the time for BJP too is coming,” he said.
Last year the Income Tax department has issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party, citing discrepancies in the donors’ list submitted to tax officials and what had been put up on the party website.
