A Delhi Police Crime Department workforce visited the residence of Delhi Minister of Training Atishi on Sunday to serve her a discover in reference to allegations made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Get together, PTI reported.
The minister was reportedly not at her residence when the police arrived however instructed her workplace to obtain the discover. “The workforce will go once more to serve discover to Atishi,” an unidentified senior official mentioned to PTI. “This morning she was not current at her residence.”
Officers of the Delhi Police Crime Department had visited the minister’s home on Saturday as effectively, when she was in Chandigarh.
On Saturday, the Crime Department served an analogous discover to Kejriwal, asking him to answer inside three days in an investigation into his claims that the Bharatiya Janata Get together tried to poach MLAs from the Aam Aadmi Get together. He has been requested to disclose the names of the MLAs who have been allegedly approached by the BJP.
On January 27, Kejriwal alleged that the BJP had supplied Rs 25 crore every to seven Aam Aadmi Get together MLAs to give up Delhi’s ruling get together and topple the Aam Aadmi Get together authorities in New Delhi.
The Aam Aadmi Get together chief, in a social media publish, claimed that his get together was informed that 21 MLAs have been contacted in all. “Nevertheless, as per our data, they contacted seven MLAs, all of whom refused the supply,” he mentioned.
Kejriwal claimed the seven MLAs have been informed that his arrest was imminent, after which makes an attempt can be made to get the MLAs to defect from the get together.
The Enforcement Directorate has approached a Delhi court docket in opposition to Kejriwal for skipping 5 summons in reference to the liquor coverage case. The Aam Aadmi Get together has claimed that the Enforcement Directorate desires to arrest Kejriwal to cease him from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, due later this 12 months.
The chief minister additionally alleged final month that the BJP has hatched a number of conspiracies over the previous 9 years in an try and topple his authorities, with out success. Kejriwal asserted that each one Aam Aadmi Get together MLAs in Delhi are agency of their intent to withstand the “nefarious intentions” of the BJP.
Atishi on January 27 alleged that the BJP had launched “Operation Lotus 2.0” in Delhi. “That they had made an analogous try and poach AAP MLAs final 12 months by providing them cash however failed,” she mentioned on January 27.
Responding to Kejriwal’s allegations, the BJP requested him to make clear which seven MLAs from his get together have been contacted and by whom.
“Kejriwal, cease telling tall tales,” mentioned the BJP in a social media publish. “These tales can’t escape [the] Enforcement Directorate investigation. The general public is seeing how AAP leaders accused of corruption should not even getting bail from any court docket.”
A delegation of the BJP’s Delhi unit, led by its chief Virender Sachdeva, met Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on Tuesday and demanded an investigation into Kejriwal’s allegations.