NEW DELHI: A day after Anna Hazare and Yogendra Yadav criticised Aam Aadmi Party’s lack of transparency in political funding, especially on its website, the party was rocked by a controversy about notices sent by the income tax department on its list of donors.Times Now channel reported that in a submission to the Election Commission (EC) on October 15, AAP’s national treasurer Raghav Chaddha said there were “inadvertent errors” in the donation details submitted to it and sought to withdraw the income tax returns it had filed with the poll panel. The acknowledgement of “inadvertent errors” came a day after the I-T department sent a notice to AAP pointing out discrepancies in the list of donations submitted by it to the EC and the list available on its website, and asking why the party’s I-T exemption be not withdrawn.The department, which had sent notices on June 9, June 16, July 19 and September this year, set October 20 as the deadline for AAP to respond.Times Now reported that AAP wrote to the EC within 24 hours to admit errors in returns. “On scrutiny, we have found certain inadvertent errors in the said report. Accordingly, we are filing the revised report, which is attached herewith,” Chaddha submitted to the EC.BJP, Congress and Swaraj India pounced on the report to attack AAP, which had promised financial transparency while seeking people’s support during assembly elections in Delhi. Swaraj India, the political arm of Swaraj Abhiyan launched by AAP rebels Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, highlighted what it claimed the coincidence of Delhi’s ruling party removing the donors’ list from its website around the same time when the first I-T notice was served.In its latest communication to AAP, the I-T department said, “It was noticed that there were many donations above Rs 20,000 as per your website which were not reported by your party to Election Commission of India. A list of many such donations has been provided to you along-with the summons.”The notice was served under Section 13A of I-T Act which says name/addresses of each donor making Rs 10,000 contribution or above has to be maintained by parties and would be audited and submitted to I-T department for scrutiny on demand. If such records are not maintained, the I-T department could withdraw tax exemption allowed to a political party.Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said, “We had all along said that the funding details of Aam Aadmi Party are fudged and manipulated. Today's revelation of AAP seeking withdrawal of its accounts submitted to the authorities vindicates our stand. Arvind Kejriwal should make things clear right away as he has all through claimed to be champion of transparency in polity.”Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said, “This raises question on the intention of AAP. The party says something and does something else. It is worse than regular political parties. AAP has removed its internal Lokpal twice.”Swaraj India had invited the party for a public debate on the issue of financial transparency. “We had raised five specific questions to the AAP on its shady political funding. Today’s revelation is an answer to one of the questions: Why did the party present two different lists of contributions, one to the tax authorities/EC and another to the public on its website? Why do the two lists not match? What did the party wish to conceal?” said Anupam, spokesperson, Swaraj India. “Now that the party was caught red handed in the dirty game and could not conceal their smart ploy, the question is whether this is a technical discrepancy, as the AAP will surely claim, or a well thought of act of fraudulence?” he added.