Arvind Kejriwal alleges poaching try forward of Delhi ballot outcomes
Echoing Kejriwal’s claims, AAP candidate from Sultanpur Majra and Delhi minister Mukesh Ahlawat stated he was approached with such a supply.
“I could die, I could also be lower into items, however I’ll by no means abandon Arvind Kejriwal,” Ahlawat stated in a put up on X. “I used to be advised that their authorities is being fashioned and they’ll make me a minister and provides me Rs 15 crore if I go away the AAP and be a part of them. However the respect that Kejriwal and the AAP have given me, I’ll by no means go away my occasion until my dying,” he added.
Earlier within the day, AAP chief Sanjay Singh raised these allegations at a press convention right here, claiming that seven occasion MLAs had acquired calls or had been approached in individual with affords from BJP leaders.
“This clearly reveals that the BJP has accepted its defeat even earlier than the outcomes and is now resorting to such techniques,” the Rajya Sabha MP stated.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva rejected the allegations, calling them an indication of the AAP’s “frustration” over an impending electoral defeat.
“Sanjay Singh ought to both retract his allegations and tender an apology or face authorized motion,” Sachdeva stated in an announcement. “He shouldn’t overlook that his occasion chief, (former) Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, is already dealing with a defamation case for making comparable false allegations.”
Singh, nonetheless, maintained that the AAP has suggested its candidates to document such calls and use spy cameras to doc what transpires in any face-to-face assembly relating to poaching makes an attempt.
Chief minister Atishi, who was the AAP candidate from Kalkaji, additionally weighed in on the difficulty. “If the abusive occasion (BJP) is getting greater than 50 seats, then why are they attempting to interrupt our candidates by contacting them?” she requested in a put up on X.
Atishi claimed that the exit polls predicting a Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) victory in Delhi are a “conspiracy” geared toward demoralising AAP candidates.
Polling for all of the 70 Meeting seats in Delhi befell on Wednesday, with the votes set to be counted on Saturday. The outcomes will decide whether or not the AAP secures a 3rd consecutive time period in energy or if the BJP’s 27-year wait to rule the capital involves an finish.
