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BJP, who is questioning AAP on ‘donation scam’ and publishing front page advertisements has also taken 2 crore rupees in donations from a fake company.
Indian Express had earlier published a story about it. We are publishing it again to get some answers from BJP, at a time when the party has taken a stand against fake donations.
…. While the biggest donor for the Congress in 2006-7 was the General Electoral Trust of the Aditya Birla Group (which had given Rs 35 lakh to the BJP in 2005-6), for the BJP it was Akik Education Centre (P) Ltd, based in Shahdara in East Delhi.
A visit to the address of the Akik Education Centre revealed that it was a residential building with no sign of any academic activity. Subodh Kumar, the owner of the house, said that his elder brother was a director of the Akik Education Centre which was also involved in construction. He also said that the company did not have an office. “Registered office to wohi hai par vaise chalta firta office hai hamara (This is our registered office but our office is mobile),” he said. He said his elder brother would be able to talk about the donation to the BJP. But when contacted later, he said his elder brother was out on a vacation.
The RTI petition was filed by Afroz Alam Sahil, a Delhi-based social activist….
You can read here full story: http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/funding-details-of-big-two-parties-throw-up-surprises/322189/
