It's raining money for AAP! Now Kejriwal to host dinner of Rs 3 lakh/plate
New Delhi, Dec 5: After hosting dinner for Rs 20, 000 in India, now Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will host dinner for Rs 3 lakh. According to reports, Kejriwal who is on foreign sojourn these days will host the dinner which will be arranged by his friends in New York.
Reports further say around sixty people have been called in the fund generating programme. With 5000 dollar/plate dinner, around 1.80 crore money will be collected by the American wing of the party. The money will not be given directly to Arvind Kejriwal, instead it will be deposited online in party's account so that no one can raise question over the transparency of the party funding.
Earlier, party in a statement had said, "No official fund raising event has been organised by the party during Kejriwal's trip of the US also. However, the NRIs, willing to become a part of the transparent donations for the AAP are welcome to contribute in accordance with party's norms displayed on the website".
Accompanied by party leader and senior Supreme Court lawyer HS Phoolka, Kejriwal on Thursday left for Dubai. On Saturday(Dec 5), Kejriwal will receive the award of Asia's most inspiring and young social change maker at World Brands Summit. On December 7, he will be felicitated at the World Brands Summit at Dubai
Thereafter, he will proceed to New York, where his IIT batchmates and AAP supporters have planned interactions with the Indian community on Sunday.He is also expected to address a gathering of students during his two-day stay in New York.
In
November
last,
party
had
collected
91
lakh
from
the
fund-raiser
dinner
in
Mumbai.
Similarly
they
collected
lakhs
of
rupees
in
Delhi
also.
"We
collected
Rs
91
lakh
from
the
fund-raiser
dinner
last
night.
Rs
36
lakh
were
collected
from
donor
passes,
Rs
36
lakh
was
through
cheque
donation
from
those
who
came
and
our
volunteers
collected
Rs
21
lakh,"
AAP
leader
Preeti
Sharma
Menon
said.
"The Mumbai dinner had space for a maximum of 200 donors, mostly our supporters. Most of those who attended were young professionals, some diamond merchants and a few directors from Bollywood," she further added.