BJP’s outreach move ahead of Madarihat bypolls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for a 'public outreach' campaign in the Madarihat Assembly segment, as it seeks to retain the seat in an upcoming by-election.
A team of Delhi Police Crime Branch Saturday morning arrived at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here in the national capital to serve notice in connection with his allegations that BJP is trying to buy AAP MLAs.
According to news agency ANI, CM Kejriwal’s office has alleged that the officials of Delhi Police’s crime branch are not giving him a receiving note for the notice even as the chief minister is ready to recieve it.
The sources in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that the intention of Delhi Police is to malign Kejriwal’s reputation and that is why they brought media teams with them.
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Earlier on Friday, police officials had visited the residences of Kejriwal and AAP minister Atishi to collect evidence. However, the duo was not present at their respective homes when the police arrived.
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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