Rs 164 Cr Recovery Notice to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: The Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) issued a recovery notice of Rs 163. 62 crores to the National convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal. The amount has to be paid within the next 10 days.

This recovery notice is in relation to the alleged political advertisements published in the garb of government advertisements.

Around a month ago Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had directed the chief secretary to recover Rs 97 crore from the AAP for political advertisements it published in the pretext of government advertisements.

There was no immediate reaction from the Delhi government or the AAP.

While Rs 99,31,10,053 (Rs 99.31 crore) is on account of the principal amount incurred on political advertisements till March 31, 2017, the remaining Rs. 64,30,78,212 (Rs 64.31 crore) is on account of penal interest on this amount.