Punjab Chief Minister Says AAP, Akali Dal "Lying Blatantly" On Funding Issue

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has sought a CBI probe over the alleged funds given to the Congress by private electricity companies.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the funds given to the Congress by private electricity companies had nothing to do with power purchase agreements and slammed opposition AAP and Shiromani Akali Dal for "lying blatantly" on the issue. His statement came a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Congress government in Punjab of not scrapping power purchase agreements (PPA) signed during the previous SAD-BJP regime and said the present dispensation has accepted "funds" from three power plant companies. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has sought a CBI probe over the alleged receipt of money by the Congress. Unlike the "illegal donations" made to AAP and SAD by various shell companies, the funds provided to the Congress had nothing to do with the controversial PPAs signed by the Akalis, Chief Minister Singh said.