'Be careful, BJP': Manish Sisodia on BJP's alleged offer of ₹20 cr to AAP MLAs; Kejriwal says 'serious' issue

“These are Kejriwal's soldiers, followers of Bhagat Singh. ED, CBI will not be able to scare them,” Manish Sisodia tweeted. Kejriwal has called a meeting of the party's political affairs committee at 4pm today.

Published on: Aug 24, 2022, 12:58:02 IST

By HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh

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Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia warned the BJP after four AAP MLAs on Wednesday claimed that now they have been approached by the BJP with offers of ₹20 crore each. "BJP, be careful. These are Arvind Kejriwal's soldiers, followers of Bhagat Singh. They will sacrifice their lives, but will never betray. CBI and ED are of no use in front of them," Sisodia tweeted hours after Somnath Bharti, Sanjeev Jha, Kuldeep Kumar, Ajay Dutt-- four AAP MLAs claimed that they have been threatened that if they don't join the BJP, CBI, ED action will be taken against them. "After failing to break me, now they are offering ₹20 crore to MLAs each by threatening them with raids," Sisodia tweeted. Also Read | 'Take ₹20 crore, or face Sisodia's fate': AAP claims threats to MLAs from BJP leader

Manish Sisodia on Wednesday warned the BJP that AAP leaders can't be scared by threats of ED, CBI raids.  (PTI)

'MLAs threatened with Sisodia's example: AAP'

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday held a press conference in which four AAP MLAs claimed they have been approached by BJP leaders with whom they share cordial relations. All of them alleged that they have been offered ₹20 crore to switch to BJP and ₹25 crore if they manage to get another MLA with them. If they don't agree to this, they will face the same consequence as Sisodia in form of CBI and ED cases, they claimed. On being countered by the AAP MLAs that the case against Sisodia is false, the BJP leaders allegedly said they were aware of that, but this is the tactic of the party, the AAP MLAs said. The BJP has not responded to the allegation.

'Very serious matter': Arvind Kejriwal

Chief Arvind Kejriwal said the matter is very serious. A meeting of the party's political affairs committee has been convened at Kejriwal's residence at 4pm on Wednesday to take stock of the situation.

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