A team of Delhi Police Crime Branch officials arrived at the residence of Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Sunday over her "BJP trying to buy AAP MLAs" remarks. This came a day after the Crime Branch team arrived at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence to serve him a notice in connection with the MLA poaching allegations made by him.
Atishi has directed her camp office officials to receive notice from Delhi Police Crime Branch officials, who are present at her residence, ANI quoted sources.
Last week, Kejriwal, in a post on X, had alleged that the BJP offered Rs 25 crore each to seven AAP MLAs to quit the party to topple his government. Soon after, Atishi held a press conference and alleged that the BJP had launched "Operation Lotus 2.0" in Delhi. "They had made a similar attempt to poach AAP MLAs last year by offering them money but failed," she alleged.
Following this, a delegation of the Delhi BJP, led by its chief Virender Sachdeva, met Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on January 30, seeking a probe.
A team of Delhi Police officials reached Kejriwal's residence on Friday to serve notice but failed as the men at his home refused to accept it. The team then reached the chief minister's residence again on Saturday with the notice. The notice was finally handed over to the officials present at the CM residence.
The Delhi Police also instructed Kejriwal to reply to the notice in writing in three days, revealing the names of AAP MLAs who were claimed to have been approached by the BJP.
To the notice, Kejriwal reacted that he sympathised with the police who were being made to indulge in "drama" by their "political bosses".
The chief minister shared the video of some policemen at his residence, stating that "it's their duty to stop crime in Delhi but they are being made to indulge in drama. That is why crime is rising in Delhi."
He asked why there was drama on the issue when the party knew who was behind toppling governments of other parties across the country in the last few years by poaching MLAs.