New Delhi:After the Delhi Police Crime Branch served a notice on AAP leader and minister Atishi on Sunday, in connection with her claim of attempts to poach the party's MLAs, the BJP launched a blistering attack on the ruling party in the national capital.
The BJP said whether it was Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal or Education Minister Atishi, they would have to produce evidence to support their allegations against the BJP.
Harish Khurana, the BJP secretary in Delhi, came down heavily on the AAP and dared the ruling party in the national capital to prove its charge of attempts to poach its legislators through cash inducements under 'Operation Lotus 2.0'.
Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Khurana said, "Whether it is Atishi or Arvind Kejriwal, they will have to come up with evidence to support their allegations against us. They had accused us of trying to prise their MLAs away through bribes and other inducements. Now, the onus is on them to come clean on the AAP's MLAs, who were approached and by whom. Each and every BJP member wants clarity on these allegations. They don't have a shred of evidence against us and are simply resorting to a delaying tactic."
The BJP's Delhi president Virendraa Sachdeva, also waded into the matter, saying that Kejriwal, despite holding a responsible public office, was running away from ED summonses in the Delhi liquor policy case. Despite holding Delhi's highest office, he (Kejriwal) is running away from the ED summonses in the liquor policy case.
"This only goes to show his complicity in the scam," Sachdeva said. RJD MP Manoj Jha said the summonses and the ongoing action against AAP leaders were being done at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.