NEW DELHI: A donation made to the AAm Aadmi Party or aap xx years ago by a businessman in Canada was bonafide, his wife told NDTV today.
On December 5, 2014, JK Mann donated a thousand dollars to the party led by Arvind Kejriwal. A group that split from the party last year, and calls itself AVAM, had alleged this morning that the money was paid by cheque, and allowed money laundering for a dubious Canadian entity.
The allegations of money laundering against the Aam Aadmi Party by its breakaway faction suffered a major dent today as one of the donors came forth to say she had indeed made a donation and there was nothing irregular about it.
This morning, the AAP Volunteer Action March, or AVAM, claimed a donation of $1000 that AAP received from one J K Mann was actually hawala money from a certain Canadian entity, Julio Oulovski.
"My husband or I have no idea who this Julio Oulovski is," Jaskirat Mann, wife of JK Mann, told NDTV.
She said her husband was a Canadian citizen and the donation was indeed made from Canada. But she had made the donation through her credit card and not by cheque, as AVAM has claimed.
Ms Mann, an Indian citizen who is home on a visit, said she was shocked to discover AVAM's charges from media reports.
"I saw my name on the cheque. People should find out if this has been deposited or not," she said. "Someone is trying to defame Kejriwal."
This morning, Gopal Goyal of AVAM told the media that a disgruntled AAP supporter had given them the details of the suspicious transaction. Another AVAM member, Neil Francis Haslam, said AAP had been laundering money from "foreign countries in a big way".
On Monday, the group, which had broken away from AAP last year, alleged that AAP had been funded by four dubious companies.
The controversy, coming a few days ahead of the crucial Delhi elections, had been a blow to AAP, which had earlier taken apart political rivals over corruption charges.
The party has denied all accusations of wrongdoing. "If the companies raised that money through some sort of violations, how are we responsible for that?" party chief Arvind Kejriwal had told NDTV.
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