New Delhi, Aug 25, 2022: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, after his brief visit to Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial in Rajghat on Thursday, said that the BJP needs 40 MLAs to topple the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and it has kept Rs 800 crore to achieve this.
"A day after the CBI’s raids, Sisodia was approached by the BJP with an offer of the chief minister’s post and to betray Kejriwal. Lucky to have Manish Sisodia, who has no greed for CM’s post. The AAP MLAs would rather die than get sold out. The BJP needs 40 MLAs to topple my government and it has kept Rs 800 crore for this," Kejriwal told the media.
Arvind Kejrwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs to Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial in Rajghat to pray for the failure of the BJP’s "Operation Lotus". The visit to Rajghat came after Arvind Kejriwal called a meeting of AAP MLAs amid poaching fears.
The AAP alleged on Thursday that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were targeted by the BJP with an offer of Rs 20 crore each to switch sides, even as all the 62 of its legislators were accounted for during a meeting at Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.
During the meeting, 12 AAP MLAs said that they had been contacted by someone from the BJP to break away from the AAP.
“All MLAs have said they will stay with the party till our last breath,” said AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj.
The meeting that concluded within minutes was physically attended by 53 MLAs, including Kejriwal. Seve
n MLAs were out of station while minister Satyendar Jain is in jail, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj. Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan had joined the meeting over the phone, he added.
Meanwhile, BJP leaders have dismissed the AAP’s "poaching" claim, terming it a "public stunt" by the Kejriwal-led party.
The AAP government has also convened a special session of the Delhi Assembly on Friday over CBI, ED probes, raids targeting its ministers and the alleged poaching efforts made by the BJP.
Courtesy: India Today