New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a defamation notice to Delhi Minister Atishi on Wednesday, demanding a public apology.
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This action was taken in response to Atishi’s claim that the BJP approached her through a close associate, alleging she was threatened with arrest if she refused to join the party.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva stated during a press conference that the notice had been sent to Atishi.
“Atishi failed to provide evidence of who approached her, how and when. The AAP is undergoing a crisis in Delhi, which is why they are making such baseless allegations out of frustration. But we will not let her get away with this,” he said.
Atishi, who serves as the Delhi finance minister, on Tuesday, claimed that she was offered membership in the BJP to safeguard her political career, with the implication of potential arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) if she declined.
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AAP leader Atishi on Tuesday made some strong allegations against the ruling BJP, claiming that the party approached her to join through a close associate.
“I have been told that either I save my political career by joining BJP or else I will be arrested by ED in the coming month,” Atishi said.
She further accused that the BJP intends to arrest four more AAP leaders as the Modi government wants to crush all members of AAP.
“Now BJP’s intention is to arrest four more leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party in the coming two months. They will arrest me, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Durgesh Pathak, and Raghav Chadha. They thought that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party would fall apart,” she further said.
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“But after Sunday’s rally at Ramleela Maidan, now BJP thinks that arresting the top four leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party was not enough. In the coming time, the next four big leaders will be put in jail.”
