A Delhi-based RTI activist todaythreatened to initiate legal proceedings against ArvindKejriwal and his associates alleging that one of the NGOs runby them collected funds but did not account them, a chargedenied by India Against Corruption.
Pranav Arora alleged that Kejriwal was associated withthe NGO Kabir, run by India Against Corruption leader ManishSisodia, and it had got funds from Ford Foundation which theydid not show in accounts.
He alleged the funds obtained from foreign agencies wereused to trigger civil society movement in the country. He also asked Kejriwal to disclose details of thedonations received by his NGO Public Cause Research Foundationin the last fiscal.
"If Kejriwal has been exposing everyone's corruption, heshould also answer the doubts regarding fundings to his NGO. Iam following Kejriwal's way to expose him through media andlater I will go for legal proceedings against him," Arorasaid.
Rejecting the allegations, an IAC spokesperson said allmoney received by Kabir were accounted for. "Kabir had received grants from Ford Foundation in 2005and 2008. Ford Foundation had agreed to pay USD 2 lakh in 2010but the NGO wrote to it saying they did not need the money asit was into the anti-corruption movement," the spokespersonsaid.
The IAC also said the Home Ministry had conductedsearches and inquired into the accounts early this year andhad found nothing.