New Delhi:
Mikesh Ahlawat, a MLA for the first time that was Arvind Kejriwal’s surprise for Delhi’s cabinet last year, is among the 16 AAP candidates of 16 who have allegedly received an offer from the BJP to change side before the results of the elections.
The BJP, which is looking to dethrone AAP after a decade, has denied the accusation.
Mr. Ahlawat shared a telephone number from which he said he received a call last night and was offered RS 15 million rupees and a ministerial position if he leaves the AAP and joins the BJP. But he said he will not abandon his leader, regardless of the price he has to pay for it.
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“I could die, I can be chopped, but I will never abandon Arvind Kejriwal,” said the leader of the AAP who owns the Gurudwara, SC & St, Land & Building, Labor and Employment elections portfolio. “I received a call from this number and they told me that their government was being formed.
But that is not an option, said Mr. Ahlawat in his online position that was also shared by Prime Minister Atishi.
“I want to tell you that the respect that Kejriwal Ji and the AAP party have given me, I will never leave my group to my death,” said Sultanpur Majra de Delhi.
Atishi and his political apprentice Arvind Kejriwal echoed the accusation, the leader of the AAP, Sanjay Singh, had raised the further hunting charges against the BJP, and wondered why the BJP is trying to hunt candidates for the AAP when Some exit surveys have already projected their victory.
“If you are getting more than 50 seats, why are you trying to break our candidates contacting them? This shows that exit surveys are a conspiracy to break the MLA of the AAM AADMI party,” said the main minister of X.
Arvind Kejriwal, who directed AAP’s massive campaign in Delhi, described the output surveys as “false surveys” that, according to him, were carried out to press the AAP candidates.
“If the party is obtaining more than 55 seats, then what is the need to hunt our candidates? These false surveys were conducted with the sole objective of the poaching of some candidates. But not even one of us will bend” said the former prime minister who has promised to return to the upper position after his party wins the elections.
The BJP rejected the accusation and said it was the result of the “frustration” of the AAP that arose from its imminent defeat. “Sanjay Singh should retract your accusations and present an apology or face legal actions,” said Delhi BJP, Virendra Sachdeva, and asked Mr. Singh to not forget that Kejriwal already faces a defamation case.
Delhi voted on February 5 to choose his next government, and the results will leave on Saturday (February 8).