Received Rs 12 crore as donations so far, says AAP
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed to have received donations ranging from Rs 10 to lakhs from rickshaw pullers to traders to NRIs to help it fight the Delhi assembly polls
The AAP, which has kept all its transactions and donations in public domain by posting details on its website, has got large amount of donations from the US-based NRIs.
“Over 4,000 donors have contributed a total of Rs 1,16,67,059, which is around 12 per cent of the party's total contribution, followed by NRIs in Hong Kong. One Hong Kong- based NRI has donated Rs 50 lakh for the party and assured us that he would urge other NRIs to donate more to the party fund,” the activist said.
The party has also been receiving funds from NRIs based in Germany, Qatar, Kuwait, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, the UK the Netherlands and Japan.
The AAP has over 47,000 online donors, which include rickshaw pullers, soldiers from Siachen or businessmen in America, the AAP activist said.
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