Arvind Kejriwal claims AAP candidates offered ₹15 crore to join BJP

| 7 Feb 2025 9:48 AM IST

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva rejected the allegations, calling them a sign of the AAP's “frustration” over an impending electoral defeat.

Less than 48 hours before the results of the Delhi assembly election,

Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to poach his party candidates.

Taking to X, Arvind Kejriwal claimed that 16 AAP candidates were offered from the BJP with the promise of ministerial positions and ₹15 crore each if they switch sides.

“Some agencies are showing that the abusive party (BJP) is getting more than 55 seats. In the last two hours, 16 of our candidates have received calls that if they leave the AAP and join their party, they will be made ministers and given ₹15 crore each,” The AAP supremo said in his post in Hindi on the microblogging platform.

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