AAP calls Rs 30.6 crore IT notice 'political vendetta'

After the Income Tax department slapped a notice of Rs 30.67 crore on the Aam Aadmi Party,the Delhi government termed the move as "bogus" and "political vendetta" by the agencies of the Central government.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the Income Tax notice as the "height of political vendetta".

He tweeted saying " In the history of India, all donations to a political party have been declared illegal. All these were accounted for and shown in the books of accounts. This is height of political vendetta."

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The BJP and the Congress hit out at the AAP's rhetoric of self-proclaimed standards of transparency and probity. The parties asked the Delhi government to come clear on the issue.

Another AAP leader Raghav Chadha tweeted saying AAP is the only political party that maintains 100 per cent propriety, transparency, and compliance in its funding.

Suspended party leader Kapil Sharma, however, continued his attack on Arvind Kejriwal. He said that " you misused your experience as income tax officer. But you forgot the power of truth and god."

The Income Tax department's notice to AAP with a Rs 30.67 crore tax notice, cited that the party did not disclose income worth Rs 13 crore.

The IT department also pulled up the party for not recording full details of 462 donors who donated Rs 6 crore.

The detailed notice lists the donors who have made donations of more than Rs 20,000 to the party.

The tax assessment notice 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 failed to disclose donations worth Rs 13 crore.