Close on the heels of reports about law minister Somnath Bharti's alleged spamming days comes another embarrassment for the Aam Aadmi Party government that only a month ago was riding high on the promise of corruption-free governance.
This time, the party's second-in-command and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide, Manish Sisodia, is alleged to have diverted foreign funds meant for his NGO, Kabir, for personal use. Kejriwal is a governing body member of this NGO that works in the right to information (RTI) sphere.
The case is old and an inspection by the home ministry's controller of accounts in 2012 concluded: "In several cases, payments are not supported with relevant documents and are routed through Manish Sisodia in cash". The alleged irregularities include payment of rent to Sisodia's wife without receipts, unexplained travel expenses and even a "reimbursement" to Sisodia for servicing his car.
Kabir paid Rs 17.7 lakh to RTI activists throughout the country from 2008 to 2011-2012 but their agreements with it were not shown to the team. It also could not provide the inspection party any documentary evidence for salary and allowances paid to employees.
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