The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Party on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) was trying to topple its government in Punjab by offering hefty sums to its legislators. The BJP dismissed the allegation, saying AAP was attempting to divert public attention from its governance failures.
Punjab’s Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said at least 10 AAP MLAs have been approached by, what he termed, “agents of the BJP” from Delhi over the phone in the past seven days, who allegedly offered ₹25 crore to each of the legislators to quit AAP and join the BJP.
Mr. Cheema alleged that the agents had even said that if an MLA came as an individual, he or she would get ₹25 crore and if more MLAs were brought along, sums of ₹50 crore to ₹70 crore were on offer.
