New Delhi, September 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):After the defection of eight Congress MLAs in Goa, the AAP on Wednesday called the BJP a “serial killer of democracy” and slammed the CBI for not taking any action against it. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party also claimed the BJP is trying to topple the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab and has offered Rs 25 crore each to 10 AAP MLAs to switch sides.
In a body blow to the Congress, eight of its MLAs in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, joined the ruling BJP earlier on Wednesday. The opposition party is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member Assembly.
On August 31, an AAP delegation staged a dharna outside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters here and lodged a complaint with the agency urging it to conduct a probe into the BJP’s alleged ‘Operation Lotus’ to topple the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi.
“The BJP’s Operation Lotus has succeeded in Goa today. I want to ask the BJP how much money was offered to the Congress MLAs in Goa for switching sides,” AAP spokesperson Atishi said at a press conference at the party headquarters here.
“Why is the CBI not carrying out raids and searches at the residences and offices of the leaders of the Congress and the BJP in Goa? Crores of rupees will be recovered if the probe agency conducts raids,” she charged.
Atishi claimed the BJP is trying to topple the AAP government in Punjab after it was unsuccessful in poaching party MLAs in Delhi. “The BJP is a serial killer of democracy. Its Operation Lotus has reached Punjab after it failed in Delhi,” she said. Last month, the AAP alleged that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were offered Rs 20 crore each by the BJP to switch parties but none of them yielded under the pressure.
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