New Delhi: Days after making a sensational claim, Delhi AAP Minister Atishi has received a notice from the Election Commission of India.
Atishi, in a press conference recently, claimed that she had been approached by a person known to her and he offered to join the BJP or else she would face a probe by the Enforcement Directorate, eventually leading to her arrest.
Atishi is one among the top leaders of the AAP, ensuring party affairs run smoothly following the arrest of its supremo, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The ECI has asked her to furnish her response by 5 pm this Saturday.
“The BJP has approached me through someone very close. They have asked me to join the BJP and said this will save my political career. They have threatened that if I don’t switch over, the ED (Enforcement Directorate) will arrest me within a month,” she had claimed on Tuesday.
Following her claim, the BJP demanded an apology from her in public and slapped a defamation notice as well. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said Atishi failed to provide evidence of who approached her, how, and when. He said that the Delhi-born party is undergoing a crisis, which is why they are making baseless allegations out of frustration. But the party will not let her get away with this, he said.
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