Union Minister's "No Vacancy" Jibe After Atishi Claims BJP Approached Her
NDTV
Tension between the AAP and the BJP have ramped up over the past few months, and particularly after central agencies began investigating the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy scam
The Bharatiya Janata Party "does not have any vacancy", Union Minister Hardeep Puri said Tuesday evening, hours after Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi claimed she had been approached with an offer to jump ship and "save my political career". "...they threatened that if I don't switch (then) the Enforcement Directorate will arrest me", the senior AAP leader said this morning.
Mr Puri hit back with a reference to the alleged liquor policy scam that has shaken the AAP and the opposition INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha election. "At a time when the entire AAP is embroiled in the liquor scam, we will not create trouble for ourselves by accepting her in our party," he said.
"We do not have any vacancy for a political activist like Atishi..." Mr Puri said.
