‘Himachal in reverse gear’
Himachal Pradesh BJP president Rajeev Bindal had been the health minister in the party-led government from 2007 to 2012.
The BJP on Sunday hit back at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over its allegations of MLA ‘buying’ and said every member of the saffron party wants ‘clarity’ on these charges.
The saffron party came down heavily on the AAP after a team from the Delhi Police Crime Branch served a notice to Delhi Finance and Education Minister Atishi in connection with the allegations that the BJP was trying to “buy” Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs. Whether it was Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal or Delhi Education Minister Atishi, they would have to produce evidence to support their charges against the BJP, they said.
Speaking to a news agency, BJP leader Harish Khurana dared the AAP to prove its charge of attempts to poach its legislators through inducements of cash under ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’. “Whether it is Atishi or Arvind Kejriwal, they will have to come up with evidence to support their allegations against us, he said.”
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Khurana further said, “They have accused us of trying to lure their MLAs away through bribes and other inducements. Now, the onus is on them to come clean on the AAP MLAs, who were approached and by whom. Each and every BJP member wants clarity on these allegations. They don’t have a shred of evidence against us and are simply resorting to a delaying tactic.”
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, pointed out that Kejriwal, despite holding a responsible public office, was running away from summons of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi liquor policy case. “Despite holding Delhi’s highest office, he (Kejriwal) is running away from the ED summons in the liquor policy case. This only goes to show his complicity in the scam,” the Delhi BJP president said.
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