New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading and said that it offered Rs 10 crore each to at least seven of its MLAs for joining the saffron party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to the media, AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “The BJP has contacted at least seven of our MLAs and offered them Rs 10 crore to leave the party before the Lok Sabha elections. It is in touch with more MLAs, but seven of them informed us.”
According to Sisodia, if the BJP was doing such things it reflected the AAP’s government’s success. “Delhi has a government, which is working to resolve the problems faced by the people here. So the BJP does not have any issues to contest the elections. And their false issues are not bought by the public,” he said.
Sisodia said that the BJP should contest the elections on its own and on the work done by it. “I want to tell the BJP, (its President) Amit Shah and (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi, if you have courage, fight the elections on issues. But please don’t try to buy the AAP MLAs,” he said.
Delhi goes to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections May 12. Assembly elections in the state are also scheduled for later this year.
IANS