BJP leader Shazia Ilmi accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party of having links with Khalistani sympathisers.
Shazia’s reaction came after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday recommended a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe against Kejriwal for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation “Sikhs for Justice.”
“These are very serious charges. It’s hardly been a secret that Arvind Kejriwal and his party have had strong links with Khalistani sympathisers and Khalistani supporters,” Shazia Ilmi told ANI.
“Now if you look at the complaint, you will realise that it contains a video where the leader of ‘Sikhs for Justice’, the banned terror outfit, his head Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is actually saying and disclosing that Arvind Kejriwal has got close to Rs 616 million dollars from 2014 to 2022 in lieu of a release letter or letter for clemency for Devendra Pal Bhullar, a terrorist convicted by TADA court in the Delhi bomb blast case,” she added.
LG had received a complaint that Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP received huge funds of around USD 16 million from the extremist Khalistani groups for facilitating the release of Devendra Pal Bhullar and espousing the Pro-Khalistani sentiments.
In a letter to the Union Home Secretary, Saxena referred to a video (which he said was enclosed with the missive) in which Pannun declares Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party “received a staggering amount of USD 16 million dollars in funding from Khalistani groups.”
“I am directed to forward a complaint dated 01.04.2024 (in original) received from Ashoo Mongia National General Secretary (World Hindu Federation India), along with the printout of posts on platform ‘X’ (erstwhile Twitter), made by D. Munish Kumar Raizada, former worker of Aam Aadmi Party, referred in the enclosed letter and a pen drive as received,” the letter stated.-TIN Bureau