Punjab Minister Bhagwant Mann said BJP’s “Operation Lotus” had previously failed in Delhi
Chandigarh:
Punjab Police today filed a Aam Aadmi Party complaint case that BJP is trying to bribe their MLA. The AAP today sought to investigate allegations of an attempt by the BJP to overthrow its government.
The ruling party claims that the BJP has provided Rs 25 crore each for at least 10 MLA. Punjab Minister Bhagwant Mann said the previous BJP’s “Operation Lotus” had failed in Delhi. “Operation Lotus” is a codename used by the Opposition to refer to the “poaching” of BJP MLAs.
The state BJP has called the allegations “baseless” and “lies”.
“The baseless accusation of Punjab Minister Harpal Cheema against BJP overthrowing the state government shows that the AAP is leading to a major division in Punjab. The party is on the verge of disintegration due to Kejriwal’s interference.” , BJP’s Subhash said Sharma.
Earlier this month, the party led by Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of abusing central government agencies and offering “Rs 20 per agency” to some of their Delhi MLAs to switch to the national party.
Mr. Cheema said: “BJP is offering Rs 25 crore per MLA to switch sides. Operation Lotus may have been successful in Karnataka, but MLA in Delhi is still standing strong and failed in BJP operation”.
“If there is a change of government in Punjab, you (MLA) will be offered a promotion, post,” said Mr. Cheema, recalling that the MLA received a lot of calls asking them to downgrade. government platform led by Bhagwant Mann.
