Digvijay Singh sharpens attack against Kejriwal

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, sharpening his attack against Arvind Kejriwal, posed several questions raising doubts about off-shore funding of his NGO and asked why he never raised issue of corruption in BJP-ruled states.

A day after he shot off a letter to Kejriwal describing him as a ''self-serving ambitious megalomaniac with a streak of Hitler, Singh today sent the activist a list of 27 questions asking him to ''respond to them with clarity and honesty as you demand from others.''

''Why there are no details of individual donors and corporate donors on any website of your NGOs?.... Is it a fact that the NGO, Kabir, with whom you are closely associated, received $172,000 and $197,000 from Ford Foundation in 2005 and 2009 respectively?

''Was this foreign money used to organise seminars, advocacy, discussions, programmes, social media campaigns and publicity material related to the issue of corruption?'' Singh asked.

The AICC leader brought up Kejriwal's  ''relationship with US based NGO Avaaz'' which, he said, had been funding civil disobedience movement in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and Syria. Singh asked, ''What is the logistical and other support your anti-corruption movement received from Avaaz?''

In the backdrop of some controversial land dealings of his associates including Prashant Bhusan and Anjali Damania, Singh sought to know from the activist whether he would be ''willing to take responsibility as a leader and resign from IAC or give up public life, if any of his staff members or colleagues in the IAC are found to have been involved in any irregularity.''