Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister and leader Atishi, on Tuesday, April 2, accused the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) of asking her to join the party to save her political career and avoid future arrest.
While speaking at the press conference on Tuesday, claiming that she was approached by one of her close aides to join the BJP in order to save her political career.
"BJP through one of my close aides approached me to join their party to save my political career and If I do not join the BJP then in the coming one month I will be arrested by ED," said AAP leader.
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Atishi further stated that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) warned her of potential arrest if she refused to join the BJP within the next month. She also accused the BJP of arresting four more AAP leaders in the upcoming days, including Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, Durgesh Pathak, Raghav Chadha, and herself.
The AAP leader stated that there will be an ED raid at her home, as well as at her relatives' and family residences in the upcoming days. She mentioned that the ED would then send a summons to her and subsequently arrest her.
She asserted that the BJP has been rattled by the success of the INDIA bloc's Ramlila Maidan rally on Sunday and has realised that sending Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to jail would not lead to the disintegration of the AAP.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested on March 21 by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy of his government, was on Monday sent to judicial custody till April 15 by a city court.
The AAP has accused the BJP of wanting to impose President's rule in Delhi by poaching its legislators and breaking the party. The AAP's Kirari MLA Rituraj Jha claimed he was offered Rs 25 crore to join the saffron party.