Poaching claim case: After Arvind Kejriwal, Crime Branch at Atishi residence to serve notice

A team from the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrived at the residence of sitting minister and ruling AAP leader Atishi in the national capital on SundayThe sleuths from the Crime Branch were at Atishis residence to serve a notice on the Delhi Education Minister in connection with the Aam Aadmi Partys allegation that the BJP was trying to poach its MLAs through hefty monetary inducements as part of Operation Lotus 20According to sources the Delhi minister instructed officials at her camp office to receive the summons in her absenceEarlier on Saturday officials from the Delhi Police Crime Branch issued a notice to AAP convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the poaching allegationThe Crime Branch sleuths served the notice on CMO officials in the absence of Kejriwal and sought a reply from the AAP supremo within three daysAtishi earlier claimed that the BJP approached several AAP MLAs with bribes and threats in a bid to get them on their sideBJP has launched Operation Lotus 20 and is trying to topple the democratically elected AAP government in Delhi As many as 7 MLAs of the AAP have been contacted by the BJP and have been told that Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested soon after which rift and disunity will consume the party They are in touch with 21 of our MLAs and they are planning to use them to topple our government Those 7 MLAs have been offered Rs 25 crore each They unleashed Operation Lotus to come to power through the back door in states where they were not democratically elected Maharashtra Goa Karnataka Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are examples the AAP leader saidAtishi claimed further that the AAP was in possession of a purported audio clip of a conversation on Operation Lotus 20 adding that the party could bring it to the public domain if necessaryAs of now 7 MLAs have been approached by the BJP We have an audio clip of one such conversation and will release it if required Atishi saidHowever the BJP rejected the AAPs claim of plotting Operation Lotus 20 to bring down its government in the national capitalMeanwhile after being served a summons by the Delhi Crime Branch on Saturday in connection with the poaching charge against the BJP Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the city police of resorting to a drama at the behest of their political masters instead of curbing the rising crime wave in the CapitalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever