New Delhi
\nAmid the ongoing political slugfest between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has dubbed the BJP as a \u201cserial killer of governments\u201d, referring to the fall of elected state governments in Maharashtra and Karnataka, among others.
\nSpeaking at a special one-day Assembly session convened by the AAP government to discuss \u201cOperation Lotus\u201d of the BJP, Kejriwal said, \u201cThere\u2019s a new serial killer in town. The people select the government, they (BJP) topple them. They are following the same pattern in Delhi.\u201d
\nTalking of the \u201cpattern\u201d employed by the BJP-led Union government, he said central agencies, like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), would be unleashed against legislators of the Opposition parties to threaten them to join hands with the BJP in toppling governments. The agencies \u201cvanished\u201d immediately after a government fell, he added.
\nReferring to the recent allegations by four AAP MLAs that they had been offered Rs 20 crore to switch to the BJP side, he said, \u201cThe rate for Delhi MLAs is Rs 20 crore and in Maharashtra, they announced Rs 50 crore. I don\u2019t know why they have offered less in Delhi\u2026They spent Rs 5,500 cr to buy 277 MLAs, now they have reserved Rs 800cr to buy Delhi MLAs.\u201d He said his government would face a trust vote to prove its majority in the state Assembly and also to expose the failed attempt of the BJP to lure any of their MLAs.
\nAs per the Indian media, the AAP government is likely to bring a confidence motion on Monday, August 29. In the 70-member House, AAP has 62 MLAs while the BJP has eight legislators.
\nKejriwal also sought to know how BJP had money to \u201cbuy\u201d MLAs from other parties. \u201cAll the money coming from costly oil, fuel, basic necessities is being used for buying MLAs. All this money from GST (Goods and Services Tax) and inflation is being spent for two things \u2013 buying MLAs and writing off loans of billionaire friends of the government,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi Amid the ongoing political slugfest between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has dubbed the BJP as a \u201cserial killer of governments\u201d, referring to the fall of elected state governments in Maharashtra and Karnataka, among others. Speaking at a special one-day Assembly session convened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n