Arvind Kejriwal summons all AAP MLAs tomorrow

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
24:
Aam
Aadmi
Party
chief
Arvind
Kejriwal
has
summoned
all
MLAs
of
the
party
tomorrow
to
discuss
the
current
political
scenario
and
ED,
CBI
raids
on
AAP
leaders,
and
BJP’s
alleged
attempt
to
overthrow
the
Delhi
government.

The
AAP
has
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
of
making
efforts
to
topple
the
Delhi
government
“by
hook
or
by
crook”,
claiming
that
the
BJP
approached
its
four
MLAs
with
an
offer
of
Rs
20
crore
to
join
the
saffron
party.

Triggering
a
fresh
row
and
further
intensifying
the
face-off
between
the
two
parties,
AAP’s
national
spokesperson
and
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Sanjay
Singh
said
the
MLAs
Ajay
Dutt,
Sanjeev
Jha,
Somnath
Bharati
and
Kuldeep
Kumar
have
been
approached
by
leaders
of
the
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
with
whom
they
have
“friendly
relations”.

Taking
to
Twitter,
Kejriwal
said
it
is
“a
very
serious
matter”
and
a
meeting
of
the
party’s
Political
Affairs
Committee
(PAC)
has
been
convened
at
his
residence
at
4
pm
to
“take
stock
of
the
situation
and
chalk
out
further
strategy”.

“They
(the
four
AAP
legislators)
have
been
offered
Rs
20
crore
each
if
they
join
the
BJP
and
Rs
25
crore
if
they
bring
other
MLAs
along
with
them,”
AAP
national
spokesperson
Singh
said.

Kejriwal
and
Sisodia
should
get
Bharat
Ratna
for
‘new
category
for
corruption’,
Cong
mocks
AAP
leaders

“They
(BJP
leaders)
told
our
MLAs
that
if
they
do
not
accept
the
offer
and
join
the
BJP,
they
will
also
have
to
face
false
cases,
the
CBI
and
the
ED,
like
(Delhi
Deputy
Chief
Minister)
Manish
Sisodia
is
facing,”
he
added.

The
four
AAP
MLAs
who
have
allegedly
been
approached
by
the
BJP
were
also
present
at
the
press
conference.

Taking
to
Twitter,
Sisodia
warned
the
BJP-led
Centre
against
making
efforts
to
“poach”
AAP
MLAs
by
misusing
the
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
and
offering
money,
and
said
they
will
“give
up”
their
lives
but
will
not
betray
their
party
as
they
are
the
“soldiers”
of
Kejriwal
and
followers
of
freedom
fighter
Bhagat
Singh.

“After
they
failed
to
break
me,
they
have
started
conspiring
to
make
other
AAP
MLAs
break
away
(from
the
party)
by
offering
Rs
20
crore
to
each
of
them,
threatening
them
of
raids,”
the
deputy
chief
minister
said
in
a
tweet
in
Hindi.
“…they
(AAP
MLAs)
are
the
soldiers
of
Arvind
Kejriwal
and
followers
of
Bhagat
Singh,”
he
said,
adding,
“They
will
sacrifice
their
lives
but
will
not
betray
(the
party).
Your
ED-CBI
is
of
no
use
in
front
of
them.”