AAP leadership must explain dubious foreign funding sources: Tarun Chugh

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Apr 17: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) following the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak. Chugh accused the party of misusing foreign funds and engaging in activities that, he claimed, border on anti-national conduct. “The AAP is in the dock for its foreign funding irregularities,” Chugh said, adding that the party has consistently engaged in “dubious politics that borders on anti-national interests.”

He dismissed AAP’s reaction to the raids as routine theatrics. “If they have done nothing wrong, what are they afraid of?” he asked. “Let Durgesh Pathak prove his innocence in court rather than whining before the media.” According to Chugh, the latest investigation is connected to bribe money allegedly received in the Delhi liquor scam, which he claimed was laundered under the guise of political donations to fund AAP’s Goa election campaign. “Durgesh Pathak was handling the political operations in Goa at the time,” he said. “This isn’t mere suspicion, there are email trails, manipulated identities, and illegal fund routes now under CBI scrutiny.”

Chugh further alleged that AAP established a global front called ‘AAP Overseas India’ in countries including the United States, Canada, and Australia, to illegally raise foreign funds. He claimed the party flouted the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) by using “shared email IDs, duplicate phone numbers, and the same credit cards” to funnel money into India. “In 2016, they devised an entire network to bypass Indian laws,” Chugh said, citing violations of not just the FCRA, but also the Representation of the People Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

While attacking the top leadership of AAP’s Chugh claimed, “Kejriwal has built a coterie of corrupt and tainted leaders, and every time agencies initiate action, AAP resorts to crocodile tears and hollow allegations of political vendetta.”

“When agents of corruption are held accountable, crying foul won’t work,” he said. “AAP has turned into a syndicate of lies, deceit, and cover-ups—it was never a party of the common man, but a cartel of criminals.” Chugh declared that “the mask of honesty that Kejriwal has long worn is now in tatters,” and insisted the time had come for AAP to face the legal and political consequences of its actions.