'Operation Lotus': AAP files complaint against BJP for attempting to poach 10 MLAs in Punjab
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The Aam Aadmi Party has filed a complaint against the BJP alleging that the saffron outfit attempted to bring down the Punjab government by poaching AAP MLAs.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has filed a complaint against the BJP for the alleged poaching attempts in order to topple the government in Punjab. Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal had accused the BJP of attempting to buy 10 party MLAs by offering them Rs 25 crore each.
In a complaint, submitted to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, the party accused several BJP leaders of attempting to buy Punjab AAP MLAs and threatening Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural and others for exposing the alleged poaching agenda.
A criminal attempt by BJP to take down the elected govt of PunjabWhich was given a historic mandate by the people, just like Delhi #operationlotus failed in PunjabBut the big Qs is from where BJP getting this huge sums of money to buy MLAs ? #1375cr_ kiska_ Hai https://t.co/cy0Hou1Ves
Addressing a press conference at party headquarters on Wednesday, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the BJP has murdered democracy by toppling elected governments in various states by using central investigation agencies and buying opposition MLAs.
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