New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal moved a movement of confidence within the meeting on Friday, after alleging that the BJP was making an attempt to poach his MLAs and topple his authorities. The movement shall be taken up for dialogue on Saturday, when the proceedings of the House will resume. The House has been adjourned until then. This is the fifth funds session of the seventh legislative meeting of the nationwide capital territory of Delhi, which started on Thursday and is anticipated to proceed until February 21.
Kejriwal claimed that the BJP had contacted seven of his MLAs and provided them Rs 25 crore every to defect and be part of the BJP. He additionally stated that the BJP had informed them that he can be arrested quickly on the pretext of a faux liquor rip-off, and that they had been in contact with 21 of his MLAs to interrupt his authorities.
He posted on X, “Recently, they (BJP) have contacted our 7 MLAs from Delhi and said-We will arrest Kejriwal after a few days. After that, we will break the MLAs. Talks have been held with 21 MLAs. Talking to others as well. After that, we will topple the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi. You also come, we will give you Rs 25 crore and get you to contest the elections on BJP ticket.”
He added, “Although they claim that they have contacted 21 MLAs, but as per our information, they have contacted only 7 MLAs so far and all of them have refused.”
Kejriwal stated that this was not the primary time that the BJP had tried to oust him, and that they’d failed of their earlier makes an attempt as nicely. He stated that his authorities had the help of God and the folks of Delhi, who cherished his get together for the work it had performed for them.
He stated, “I am not being arrested to investigate any liquor scam, but they are conspiring to topple the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi. In the last nine years, they have hatched many conspiracies to topple our government. But they did not have any success. God and the people always supported us. All our MLAs are also strongly united. This time also, these people will fail in their nefarious intentions.”
He additionally stated, “The people of Delhi love ‘AAP’ immensely. Therefore, it is not in their power to defeat AAP in the elections. So they want to topple the government by making arrests on the pretext of a fake liquor scam.”
Senior AAP chief Atishi additionally accused the BJP of launching ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’, a time period used to explain the BJP’s technique of engineering defections in states the place it’s not in energy. She cited the examples of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, the place the BJP had allegedly used this tactic to type or topple governments.
She stated, “BJP has started ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’, and is trying to topple the democratically elected AAP government in Delhi. 7 MLAs of the AAP have been contacted by the BJP, and have been told, that Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested soon, after which there will be a rift among AAP MLAs. They are in touch with 21 of our MLAs, using whom they aim to topple the Delhi government. Those 7 MLAs have been offered Rs 25 crores each.”
