NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday hit back at the news portal, which had conducted a sting operation on their candidates, saying the party would file a defamation case against the news website.
Talking to reporters here, AAP member, Yogender Yadav, said: "Relevant portions in the CD were edited out."
Newsportal, Media Sirkar, has submitted the raw tapes of the sting operation to the Election Commission. AAP has also requested the EC to stop the telecast of the CD on different news channels.
Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal's party claimed that the video shown in the sting operation against its leaders is doctored and sought raw footage of the entire sting operation.
"We suspect that the sting tape has been modified and doctored," Yadav said, adding, "We again request Anuranjan Jha to provide us the raw tape."
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is already battling controversies over its funding, found itself in another embarrassing spot on Thursday.
A sting operation by a web portal on eight AAP candidates and one member, including well-known faces like Shazia Ilmi and Kumar Vishwas, allegedly found some of them willing to take donations in cash without a receipt and get work done in return for funds.
Other AAP candidates who featured in the sting were Manoj Kumar from Kondli, Dinesh Mohaniya from Sangam Vihar, Irfan Khan from Okhla, Mukesh Hooda from Rohtas Nagar, Bhawna Gaur from Palam and Prakash from Deoli.
Of these, Gaur is seen not committing to any help and seems in a hurry to get rid of the sting team. Prakash too refuses to grant favours to the undercover journalist and adds that any question regarding donations should only be posed to party convenor Arvind Kejriwal, since all candidates fielded by the party are only "dummy candidates".
"You better speak to Arvind ji. He will tell you what we want. He has fielded 70 candidates, all are dummy (sab dummy hein). I will not be able to take any decision," Gaur is seen saying on tape.
The footage released by web portal mediasarkar.com, the authenticity of which TOI cannot confirm, shows AAP's R K Puram candidate Shazia Ilmi first refusing to help a woman in defaming a rival company without legal documents.
Later, she is shown agreeing to accept Rs 15 lakh in cash without a receipt and tells the undercover journalist how the money will not be accounted for and used for cash expenditure like volunteer stipends. Her assistant also reveals how they have accepted similar donations from several other people which are used for media campaigns and daily expenditure.
The party is being slapped with one charge after another over the past couple of weeks. After Anna Hazare raised doubts over diversion of funds from the Jan Lokpal movement to AAP, Kejriwal got slapped with a notice by the Election Commission for asking for votes on religious grounds.
Even as the party was been targeted on its alleged foreign funding, another charge cropped up against Kejriwal - that of selling a seat. Amrish Chaudhury, shortlisted for the Badarpur seat, accused Kejriwal of eventually selling the seat for Rs 2 crore to the selected candidate. AAP said the charges were completely fabricated.
Talking to reporters here, AAP member, Yogender Yadav, said: "Relevant portions in the CD were edited out."
Newsportal, Media Sirkar, has submitted the raw tapes of the sting operation to the Election Commission. AAP has also requested the EC to stop the telecast of the CD on different news channels.
Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal's party claimed that the video shown in the sting operation against its leaders is doctored and sought raw footage of the entire sting operation.
"We suspect that the sting tape has been modified and doctored," Yadav said, adding, "We again request Anuranjan Jha to provide us the raw tape."
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is already battling controversies over its funding, found itself in another embarrassing spot on Thursday.
A sting operation by a web portal on eight AAP candidates and one member, including well-known faces like Shazia Ilmi and Kumar Vishwas, allegedly found some of them willing to take donations in cash without a receipt and get work done in return for funds.
Other AAP candidates who featured in the sting were Manoj Kumar from Kondli, Dinesh Mohaniya from Sangam Vihar, Irfan Khan from Okhla, Mukesh Hooda from Rohtas Nagar, Bhawna Gaur from Palam and Prakash from Deoli.
Of these, Gaur is seen not committing to any help and seems in a hurry to get rid of the sting team. Prakash too refuses to grant favours to the undercover journalist and adds that any question regarding donations should only be posed to party convenor Arvind Kejriwal, since all candidates fielded by the party are only "dummy candidates".
"You better speak to Arvind ji. He will tell you what we want. He has fielded 70 candidates, all are dummy (sab dummy hein). I will not be able to take any decision," Gaur is seen saying on tape.
The footage released by web portal mediasarkar.com, the authenticity of which TOI cannot confirm, shows AAP's R K Puram candidate Shazia Ilmi first refusing to help a woman in defaming a rival company without legal documents.
Later, she is shown agreeing to accept Rs 15 lakh in cash without a receipt and tells the undercover journalist how the money will not be accounted for and used for cash expenditure like volunteer stipends. Her assistant also reveals how they have accepted similar donations from several other people which are used for media campaigns and daily expenditure.
The party is being slapped with one charge after another over the past couple of weeks. After Anna Hazare raised doubts over diversion of funds from the Jan Lokpal movement to AAP, Kejriwal got slapped with a notice by the Election Commission for asking for votes on religious grounds.
Even as the party was been targeted on its alleged foreign funding, another charge cropped up against Kejriwal - that of selling a seat. Amrish Chaudhury, shortlisted for the Badarpur seat, accused Kejriwal of eventually selling the seat for Rs 2 crore to the selected candidate. AAP said the charges were completely fabricated.
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