New Delhi: Amid a heated row between the Aam Aadmi Party and Bhartiya Janta Party over the Delhi Excise Policy, a number of AAP volunteers and workplace bearers on Tuesday joined the Delhi unit of the BJP.
AAP has accused the BJP of working operation lotus and attempting to topple the Kejriwal authorities in two states.
“AAP volunteers quit the party in “protest” over charges of corruption in excise policy against the Kejriwal government in Delhi”, the Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta stated whereas welcoming the brand new entrants into the party fold.
Gupta stated in a tweet, “Tired of Aam Aadmi Party’s scams and corruption, hundreds of office bearers and workers joined BJP along with in-charge of AAP’s East Delhi Lok Sabha Shri Chandra Ketu Mishra today. Dedicated in the interest of the nation, he chose the BJP family, I warmly welcome everyone.”
.@AamAadmiParty के घोटालों व भ्रष्टाचारों से तंग आकर आज AAP के पूर्वी दिल्ली लोकसभा के प्रभारी श्री चंद्र केतू मिश्रा के साथ सैकड़ो पदाधिकारियों व कार्यकर्ताओं ने भाजपा की सदस्यता ग्रहण की।
राष्ट्रहित में समर्पित इन्होने भाजपा परिवार को चुना, मैं सभी का हार्दिक स्वागत करता हूँ। pic.twitter.com/FU2HK8HgYE
— Adesh Gupta (@adeshguptabjp) August 23, 2022
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed that he was “offered the CM’s post” by the BJP and closure of all instances if he give up the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the saffron outfit.
Gupta stated that AAP is diverting the problem with its accusation in opposition to the BJP of attempting to trigger a rift within the party and avoiding questions raised over allegations in its excise policy.
“AAP leaders talking about ‘Operation Lotus’ only to divert attention from their scams and corruption,” he stated.
He stated ten senior volunteers who held posts of workplace bearers in several items of the AAP and their scores of followers have joined the BJP.
“The way AAP government has created records of corruption in every sector, AAP workers were disillusioned with the party and have joined BJP,” he stated.
AAP employees who joined the BJP included Mayur Vihar district vp Anuj Kumar Singh, Najafgarh Vidhan Sabha in-charge Jitendra Sharma, Anjani Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Amarnath, and Danish Khan, stated a Delhi BJP assertion.
(With PTI inputs)
