Delhi Minister and AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj got here down closely on the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) on Thursday, alleging that the BJP had provided cash, safety and positions to AAP MLAs in Punjab to modify and be part of the BJP.
“I feel what Arvind Kejriwal was saying earlier has turned out to be true at this time — Operation Lotus has been floated simply to interrupt AAP and topple our governments in Delhi and Punjab,” mentioned the AAP chief.
Saurabh Bharadwaj additionally raised a query as to why AAP legislators from Punjab, Sushil Kumar Rinku, a Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, and Sheetal Angural, a Jalandhar West MLA, joined fingers with the BJP in Punjab`s Jalandhar, the place the social gathering was to return fourth within the elections.
Chatting with the media on Thursday, Bharadwaj mentioned, “If the BJP is in such unhealthy situation in Punjab, why did it poach our MP (Sushil Kumar Rinku) and MLA (Sheetal Angural) yesterday? Our MLAs from Punjab informed us yesterday that a number of MLAs within the state have been provided cash to modify and be part of the BJP and that they have been provided Y+ safety and positions. They have been additionally given the supply to contest Lok Sabha elections.”
“Sushil Kumar Rinku`s MP tenure has concluded. A mannequin code of conduct is in place. He can do just one factor now, which is contest elections. You possibly can ask anybody for an evaluation. The BJP will are available in fourth in Jalandhar, Punjab. They’ll do no matter they need, however they are going to be fourth. The query is, why would an MP be part of the BJP to return fourth?” mentioned Bharadwaj.
The AAP chief additionally mentioned that three AAP Punjab MLAs had held a press convention whereby it was mentioned {that a} majority of AAP MLAs acquired telephone calls the place they have been lured to hitch the BJP.
“I feel what Arvind Kejriwal was saying earlier has turned out to be true at this time – Operation Lotus has been floated simply to interrupt AAP and topple our governments in Delhi and Punjab. However we’re happy with our MLAs that they introduced this to the information of social gathering management and held a press convention,” mentioned Bharadwaj.
Earlier on Wednesday, two Aam Aadmi Social gathering legislators from Punjab, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Sheetal Angural, joined the BJP, met its nationwide president, JP Nadda, at his residence.
Rinku, a Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, and Angural, a Jalandhar West MLA, met Nadda instantly after each of them joined the BJP at its headquarters right here. Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar was additionally with them through the assembly.
Rinku mentioned that he had taken this resolution for the event of Jalandhar.
“I’ve taken this resolution for the event of Jalandhar. We’ll take Jalandhar ahead. We’ll deliver all of the initiatives of the Central Authorities to Jalandhar,” he mentioned.
Rinku additionally alleged that no improvement work has been carried out in Punjab by the AAP authorities.
“No improvement work has been carried out in Punjab by the AAP authorities. Alternatively, I’m impressed by the developmental work initiated by PM Modi and Dwelling Minister Amit Shah. Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia additionally helped me lots within the developmental work I’ve carried out within the Jalandhar constituency,” Rinku mentioned.
Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar mentioned, “Congress and AAP are two sides of the identical coin. Sushil Rinku joined the social gathering at this time. He’s the one Lok Sabha MP of the AAP and they need to be ashamed.
“Sheetal Angural put out an announcement saying that he has resigned from all of the duties he had within the AAP.
Rinku is becoming a member of the BJP regardless of being introduced because the AAP candidate from Jalandhar. He gained the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 58,691 votes in a by-poll in 2023.
On Tuesday, the Congress MP from Ludhiana, Ravneet Bittu, joined the BJP. Bittu is the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was assassinated in 1995 in Chandigarh in a suicide bombing.
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Bittu defeated Simarjeet Singh Bains from the Lok Insaaf Social gathering by 76,372 votes. In 2014, he defeated the Aam Aadmi Social gathering`s (AAP) Harvinder Singh Phoolka with a margin of 19,709 votes.
The BJP earlier this week introduced its resolution to contest the election in Punjab by itself after it severed ties with its long-time ally, Shiromani Akali Dal.
Operation Lotus refers back to the “poaching” or “bribing” of MLAs and MPs of different events by the BJP, usually to kind governments in states the place they don’t have the bulk.
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