NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday claimed that a team of the Election Commission officials reached Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Kapurthala House residence in Delhi for search.A team of the Election Commission (EC) officials was present at Mann’s Kapurthala House to conduct a search at the premises, the AAP said in a statement.The development comes a day after a private vehicle bearing the “Punjab government” sticker and registration number of the state was seized by the Delhi Police.Delhi Police has registered a case after the vehicle parked near the Punjab Bhawan was found loaded with liquor, cash and election publicity materials of the AAP.The seizure has sparked a political storm, with the opposition BJP questioning the integrity of AAP’s poll campaign.Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva called it an alarming example of corruption. “We always knew that Arvind Kejriwal institutionalised corruption in the Delhi government. He has polluted the Yamuna, choked air, and now is corrupting the political system,” he said.The Punjab government said that it has come to the knowledge of the Department of Transport that a vehicle carrying registration number “PB 35 AE 1342” has been apprehended in Delhi carrying illegal liquor and some unaccounted cash. “It has been alleged that the vehicle has a sticker of Punjab Govt on it,” it said.
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