AAP’s Vishwas says BJP offered him CM’s post to switch over
1 Sept 2014 4:16 AM IST
During talks he made an offer that I switch to BJP and in return I would be made the chief minister and that the higher-ups were aware of the move.
‘The BJP MP said if I agreed with his proposal he would take me to his senior leaders. I humbly declined it,’ Vishwas said.
Vishwas, however, did not name the MP or the BJP leaders who visited the poet-cum-politician at his Ghaziabad residence and added that he did not wish to pursue the matter as he had declined the offer.
‘AAP has consistently said that BJP in its desperation to form government has been using all tricks to approach our leaders but failed. AAP has provided evidence whenever a specific news has broken out. ‘Kumar Vishwas has done the right thing in going public. AAP requests BJP to drop politics of manipulation and restore democratic rights of people by joining call for elections. Let people decide,’ the party tweeted.
This is not for the first time that AAP has alleged that its leaders are being poached by the BJP. It has accused the saffron party of approaching its MLAs for help to form the government in Delhi. Vishwas’ remarks came amid fresh speculation about government formation in Delhi with the the Aam Aadmi Party cautioning the Lt Governor against initiating any ‘unconstitutional’ move by inviting BJP to take a shot at power as the party does not have the required numbers. AAP had won 28 seats in its debut assembly elections and had later formed the government with outside support from Congress’ eight MLAs.
The BJP, meanwhile, rubbished Vishwas’ claim that a BJP MP offered that he would be made chief minister of Delhi if he joined the saffron party to help it form government, while Congress asked him to reveal the identity of the parliamentarian.
Reacting strongly, Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay accused the AAP leader of making baseless allegations for political gain and challenged him to provide proof, if he has any to substantiate his claim. ‘It seems Arvind Kejriwal has written a new script for Vishwas. He should reveal the name of the BJP MP who had made the offer. This kind of baseless allegations have been made by Kejriwal also in the past and I think Vishwas is following his path,’ Upadhyay said.
‘The BJP MP said if I agreed with his proposal he would take me to his senior leaders. I humbly declined it,’ Vishwas said.
Vishwas, however, did not name the MP or the BJP leaders who visited the poet-cum-politician at his Ghaziabad residence and added that he did not wish to pursue the matter as he had declined the offer.
‘AAP has consistently said that BJP in its desperation to form government has been using all tricks to approach our leaders but failed. AAP has provided evidence whenever a specific news has broken out. ‘Kumar Vishwas has done the right thing in going public. AAP requests BJP to drop politics of manipulation and restore democratic rights of people by joining call for elections. Let people decide,’ the party tweeted.
This is not for the first time that AAP has alleged that its leaders are being poached by the BJP. It has accused the saffron party of approaching its MLAs for help to form the government in Delhi. Vishwas’ remarks came amid fresh speculation about government formation in Delhi with the the Aam Aadmi Party cautioning the Lt Governor against initiating any ‘unconstitutional’ move by inviting BJP to take a shot at power as the party does not have the required numbers. AAP had won 28 seats in its debut assembly elections and had later formed the government with outside support from Congress’ eight MLAs.
The BJP, meanwhile, rubbished Vishwas’ claim that a BJP MP offered that he would be made chief minister of Delhi if he joined the saffron party to help it form government, while Congress asked him to reveal the identity of the parliamentarian.
Reacting strongly, Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay accused the AAP leader of making baseless allegations for political gain and challenged him to provide proof, if he has any to substantiate his claim. ‘It seems Arvind Kejriwal has written a new script for Vishwas. He should reveal the name of the BJP MP who had made the offer. This kind of baseless allegations have been made by Kejriwal also in the past and I think Vishwas is following his path,’ Upadhyay said.
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