Told to pay Rs 50 lakh for Phillaur ticket: AAP council member
Thursday, 18/08/2016
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Chandigarh : A member of the Aam Aadmi Party’s national council today alleged that party’s Punjab incharge Sanjay Singh and senior leader Durgesh Pathak had demanded Rs50 lakh “donation” to issue his wife party ticket from the Phillaur Assembly segment.
Reacting to the allegations, Sanjay Singh said: “Such baseless allegations don’t deserve reaction. The person who is levelling allegations should first provide proof. Had he provided proof, I would have definitely reacted to it.”
Pathak said: “I will not comment as the person who has levelled allegations has not provided any proof.”
Pavitar Singh claimed to have campaigned for Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
He addressed a press conference along with his wife Lakhwinder Kaur here today. Lakhwinder is joint secretary of women wing of the party and sought party ticket from Phillaur.
Pavitar Singh claimed that since volunteers from Phillaur had supported Lakhwinder’s claim for candidature, both of them were asked to “appear” before Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak.
“We met the leaders on August 15 in Chandigarh. They categorically told us that the nomination for the party can be given only to those individuals who can pay Rs2.5 crore in cash. They said we were being given a discount and we only needed to donate Rs50 lakh as I am member of the national council and both of us have worked hard for the party in Punjab,” he alleged.
He said after that meeting, he sent several SMSes on the mobile phone of party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal to bring the matter to his notice, but to no avail.
