New Delhi: A major trouble might be awaiting Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), days after the former Delhi Chief Minister claimed that 16 of its MLAs were approached to join the BJP in exchange for Rs 15 crore each before the Assembly polls. In the results that were announced last Saturday, the BJP won 48 of the 70 seats, helping it return to power after 27 years. AAP got 22 seats.
Following the allegations, Delhi LG had VK Saxena had asked for a probe, following which the Anti-Corruption Bureau had issued a notice to Kejriwal with five questions. Kejriwal has not yet responded to the notice.
ACB to write on Delhi Police
As per sources to TV9 Network, the ACB will write to the Delhi Police for legal action against Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders Mukesh Ahlawat and Sanjay Singh in a few days. It may urge the police to include sections related to the spreading of rumours on social media and creating panic while taking legal action. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party also filed a criminal defamation complaint against AAP leaders.
What Kejriwal wrote on X over poaching allegations against the BJP
Taking to X on February 6, Kejriwal tweeted, “Some agencies are showing that the abusive party (BJP) is getting more than 55 seats. In the last two hours, 16 of our candidates have received calls that if they leave the AAP and join their party, they will be made ministers and given Rs 15 crore each,” The AAP supremo on X in Hindi.
He added, “If they are indeed winning more than 55 seats, why are they calling up our candidates? These fake surveys are a conspiracy to create an atmosphere to break AAP candidates. But not a single one of them will switch sides,” the AAP chief asserted.
