Punjab Congress chief slams AAP for crying wolf over poaching attempts on MLAs

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday slammed the allegations levelled by AAP that the BJP was trying to poach its MLAs. He said, "It is a classic example of crying wolf".

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday slammed the allegations levelled by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to poach its MLAs.

The PCC president said, “No doubt the BJP is quite capable of doing that and has a history of poaching opposition MLAs and destabilizing the governments, buying MLAs and stealing popular mandate, but in this case, the AAP appears to be trying to divert public attention from its own failures.”

“Or maybe there is some revolt brewing within the AAP that MLAs are feeling restless and the party leadership is trying to preempt any such move,” Warring observed.

“It is a classic example of crying wolf,” Warring remarked while pointing out that AAP has been levelling such periodical allegations every now and then. “Earlier, they alleged that the BJP was trying to buy their MLAs in Delhi and now they are repeating the same story in Punjab,” the Congress state chief said while asking the party to name the MLAs who were being approached and name the people who were trying to “buy” them.

He said, “There must be someone who must have approached some MLAs or they (the MLAs) must have received some phone calls. Why not present those MLAs before the media and let them tell themselves how, when and where they were approached and from which phone numbers they received the calls?” he asked while adding, that the AAP can also lodge a complaint with the police as it is a criminal offence when somebody tries to offer a bribe.

“Assuming that you won’t be heard in Delhi as you have often been accusing Delhi Police of bias against you, why not lodge a complaint in Punjab where the police is under you and where your MLAs have been attempted to be bribed?” the Congress state president questioned the AAP leadership and the government, adding, “Or your bluff would be called and you will stand exposed in public for your serial lies."