New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday recorded the statement of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national secretary Pankaj Gupta in connection with the alleged foreign funds raised by the party in the run-up to 2017 Punjab Assembly elections, a move that the AAP described as a political vendetta at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Gupta was asked various questions linked to the case during his nearly three-hour presence at the ED headquarters where he arrived around 11:30 am as asked by the agency.

The ED had issued summons to Gupta on September 10 asking him to appear at its headquarters in the case.

Officers familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity that the ED came to know about the f...