“They said take our offer with Rs 20 crore or face CBI cases like Sisodia,” said Sanjay Singh.
New Delhi:
The Aam Aadmi Party today railed against the coalition government led by Narendra Modi, accusing the party of trying to overthrow the Delhi government “by hooking up or defrauding”. The BJP is using central investigative agencies against its leaders, the party claims. Five senior AAP leaders in a press conference today criticized the BJP for allegedly trying to solicit AAP MLAs with cash and threats. The BJP has denied the allegation and accused AAP of trying to “deviate and deflect” questions around allegations of corruption in alcohol policy that Delhi Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia has been accused of by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ) recent raid.
AAP’s national spokesman and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh announced he would “expose” how the government led by Prime Minister Modi is using central authorities to bring down the government in the national capital.
“Attempts to disrupt Delhi’s MLA have begun,” he said, adding that the BJP tried ‘Shinde’ on Manish Sisodia but the attempt was unsuccessful.
He claims BJP members threaten MLA AAP. “They said take our offer of Rs 20 crore or face CBI cases like Sisodia,” he said.
Responding to the AAP’s allegation, BJP spokesman Shehzad Poonawalla said Mr Kejriwal’s party continued to release the “trailer” but the “movie” never arrived. “They complain that their party is divided, that they have audio clips of the supposed BJP offer but are not releasing it and will wait for the ‘right moment’. They will continue to do this. “, he said, calling it a smokescreen to combat corruption allegations against Delhi ministers.
Mr Singh said the lawmakers – Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Somnath Bharati and Kuldeep Kumar – had been approached by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with whom they have “friendly relations”.
“They were offered 20 crore each if they joined the party and 25 crore if they brought other MLAs with them,” Mr. Singh said.
Four other AAP MLAs present at the press conference recounted how they were approached by BJP leaders.
“They said they knew the cases against Sisodia were fake, but the senior leadership decided to remove the AAP. BJP leaders have been tasked with finding the leaders of the AAP.” Somnath Bharati said.
“A BJP leader told me that no matter what, we will bring down the Delhi government,” he added.
Sanjay Singh said AAP MLA and Mr Sisodia are turning the “lotus operation” into a “bogus operation”.
All the MLAs tell similar stories of being offered Rs 20-25 crore to switch sides and bring in fellow MLAs.
Challenging Prime Minister Modi, Sanjay Singh said, “You must have threatened and brought down the government in many states, but this is Delhi. People have chosen Kejriwal here three times over.”
Taking to Twitter, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said it was “a very serious matter” and a meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) had been convened. at his residence at 4 p.m. to “grasp the situation. and map out a further strategy”.
Manish Sisodia also warned the BJP-led Center against attempts to “steal” AAP MLAs by abusing the CBI and providing funds, and said it would “give up” its life but would not betrayed his party as they were the “soldiers” of Arvind Kejriwal and followers of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
“After they couldn’t break me, they started plotting to make other AAP MLAs secede (from the party) by giving Rs 20 crore to each of them, threatening them to raid.” The deputy minister said in a tweet in Hindi.
“…they (AAP MLA) are soldiers of Arvind Kejriwal and followers of Bhagat Singh,” he said, adding, “They will sacrifice their lives but will not betray (the party). ED- Your CBI is of no use in front of them.”
