Operation Lotus has failed, all MLAs are with us: AAP

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
25:
The
Aam
Aadmi
Party
(AAP)
has
said
that
the
BJP’s
Operation
Lotus
has
failed.
53
of
the
62
MLAs
were
present
at
the
meeting
that
was
held
today,
AAP
MLA
Saurav
Bharadwaj
said.

He
said
that
the
BJP
contacted
12
AAP
MLAs
and
told
them
to
break
the
party.
They
wanted
to
break
away
40
MLAs
and
were
offering
Rs
20
crore
each,
he
also
added.

While
stating
that
53
MLAs
attended
the
party
meeting
held
today,
Bharadwaj
also
added
that
the
Speaker
is
outside
the
country
while
Manish
Sisodia
is
in
Himachal
Pradesh.
He
also
said
that
Chief
Minister
and
AAP
boss,
Arvind
Kejriwal
spoke
with
the
other
MLAs
over
phone.
He
was
assured
that
they
would
remain
in
the
AAP
till
their
last
breath.

The
AAP’s
political
affairs
committee
on
Wednesday
met
under
the
chairmanship
of
the
party’s
national
convenor
and
Delhi
CM
Arvind
Kejriwal.
The
meeting
that
was
held
on
Wednesday
passed
a
resolution
condemning
the
alleged
misuse
of
central
probe
agencies
and
also
called
out
the
BJP’s
attempts
to
poach
AAP
MLAs
by
offering
them
crores
in
cash.
AAP
PAC
member
and
Rajya
Sabha
MP,
Sanjay
Singh
said
that
the
committee
has
noted
with
displeasure
a
bogus
FIR
filed
against
Delhi’s
deputy
chief
minister,
Manish
Sisodia
and
a
CBI
raid
was
ordered
against
him.

AAP
leaders
to
meet
as
several
MLAs
are
unreachable

Singh
added
that
the
PAC
has
reinforced
its
trust
and
confidence
in
Sisodia
and
noted
that
the
CBI
had
failed
to
find
anything
against
him
during
the
raid.

The
PAC
also
said
that
the
BJP
is
eager
to
destabilise
the
Delhi
government
in
an
unconstitutional
and
corrupt
manner.
The
AAP
PAC
wants
to
reassure
the
people
of
Delhi
that
the
government
is
table
and
that
no
MLA
will
leave
the
party.