CM inspects ITO Chhath Ghat, asks officials for timely arrangements
The Chief Minister Atishi on Monday visited the Chhath Ghat at ITO to review the ongoing preparations for the upcoming Chhat festival.
Delhi police crime branch officials on Sunday visited minister Atishi’s residence in connection with their investigation into her allegations that BJP is trying to buy Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs.
However, the Delhi minister was not present at her residence when the police officials arrived but he reportedly asked her team to recieve their notice.
This comes a day after a team of Delhi Police Crime Branch officers visited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to collect the evidence regarding the AAP’s poaching allegations against the BJP.
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This is the second time cops have knocked on their doors. Earlier on Friday, the police had visited the respective houses of the two leaders.
The police action came after the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of trying to topple the elected Delhi government through a campaign dubbed “Operation Lotus 2.0”. The AAP claimed that seven of the MLAs have been offered Rs 25 crore to switch their loyalties.
“BJP has started ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’, and is trying to topple the democratically elected AAP government in Delhi. 7 MLAs of the AAP have been contacted by the BJP, and have been told, that Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested soon, after which AAP MLAs will be rifted apart. They are in touch with 21 of our MLAs, using whom they aim to topple the Delhi government. Those 7 MLAs have been offered Rs 25 crores each… Operation Lotus is the tactic used by the BJP to come into power in states, where they are not democratically elected… Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh are examples,” AAP leader Atishi had said.in a press conference last week.
She further claimed that the AAP also possesses a recording of one such conversations related to the poaching attempt by the BJP and said that it will be released if the need arises.
The BJP has dismissed the allegations, saying it is a tactic to divert the attention from Kejriwal’s alleged corruption in the liquor policy case.
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