A team of the Delhi Police crime branch visited again Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Saturday morning to serve him a notice in connection with a probe over his claim that the BJP was trying to poach Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA.
The team led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)-level officer arrived at the chief minister’s official residence in the Civil Lines area of north Delhi to serve the notice.
On Friday evening too, Crime Branch teams visited the residences of Kejriwal and Delhi Minister Atishi.
But sources said the police teams could not serve the notices as officials at Kejriwal’s home refused to take it and Atishi was not present at her residence.
This comes days after the Delhi BJP submitted a complaint to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora in the matter.
AAP’s Poaching Allegations
Last week, the AAP had alleged the BJP has offered Rs 25 crore each to seven of its MLAs to quit the party while also threatening to topple the Kejriwal government.
Kejriwal had made the allegations in a post on X.
Atishi had also alleged the BJP has launched “Operation Lotus 2.0” in Delhi.
“They had made a similar attempt to poach AAP MLAs last year by offering them money but failed,” she said at a press conference.
She said similar conspiracies were hatched by the BJP in the past also.
In 2022, they tried to break away AAP MLAs and get them to join the BJP by promising money, she added.
BJP’s Complaint
A delegation of the Delhi BJP led by Sachdeva had on January 30 met the city police chief, seeking a probe into Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s allegations.
After meeting Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora at the Police Headquarters in Delhi, Sachdeva said Kejriwal was asked to prove his allegations but no one from the AAP has come forward with any evidence.
This only shows that the charges levelled by the Delhi chief minister and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders were “completely baseless”, Sachdeva had said.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said, “We had said Kejriwal is levelling false allegations to create sensation. The truth behind Kejriwal’s lie is about to be exposed now. He cannot lie and then run away from probe. He will have to face the investigation.”
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