The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena, has called for an NIA investigation into allegations that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accepted political funding from the banned terrorist organization “Sikhs for Justice,” potentially escalating challenges for the AAP leader.
In a letter directed to the Home Secretary, Saxena highlighted a complaint he received alleging that the AAP, under Kejriwal’s leadership, received substantial funds amounting to USD 16 million from extremist Khalistani groups. These funds were purportedly linked to facilitating the release of Devendra Pal Bhullar and promoting Pro-Khalistani sentiments between 2014 and 2022.
Additionally, Saxena referenced the complainant, Ashoo Mongia, National General Secretary of the World Hindu Federation India, who cited tweets by Dr. Munish Kumar Raizada on Platform ‘X.’ These tweets allegedly confirmed Kejriwal’s clandestine meeting with Pro-Khalistani leaders at Richmond Hill Gurudwara, New York, in 2014.
The complaint included material from a video stored on an enclosed pen drive, purportedly showing Pannun making allegations. In the video, it is claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party, under Kejriwal’s leadership, received a substantial sum of USD 16 million in funding from Khalistani groups spanning from 2014 to 2022.
“The tweets also affirm that, beyond public appearances, Mr Kejriwal convened a private meeting with Pro-Khalistani Sikh Leaders at Richmond Hills Gurudwara. Additionally, it’s noted in the letter that Mr Kejriwal wrote to former President Sh. Pranab Mukherjee, advocating for clemency for Bhullar. A copy of a letter from Mr Arvind Kejriwal to one Sh. Iqbal Singh is provided in this context,” the letter elaborated.
In a video released in March 2024, Khalistani terrorist and founder of the terror organization Sikhs For Justice, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, alleged that Khalistani groups gave USD 16 million to the Aam Aadmi Party to fund elections. He claimed that Kejriwal had offered to release Khalistani terrorist Professor Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar within five hours of forming government in Delhi.
Pannun stated, “Arvind Kejriwal and his associates who call themselves honest Indian Hindus turned out to be more dangerous than the dishonest Indian Hindus. When Kejriwal was not in power in 2014, he came to the US and promised pro-Khalistani groups that he would release Professor Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar within five hours of forming a government. We advised them not to trust him at that time. It has been nine years since he came to power.”
ThePravahIndia Staff
