New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) is planning to declare Parvesh Verma as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Delhi Meeting elections.
“In keeping with sources, BJP goes to declare Parvesh Verma as its CM face. Will the folks of Delhi need to make such an individual their CM?” Arvind Kejriwal posted on X.
In one other submit, Arvind Kejriwal alleged {that a} BJP chief was caught distributing cash to voters.
“I simply returned from a number of areas in my New Delhi Vidhan Sabha constituency. Folks in every single place advised me that these people are brazenly shopping for votes. They’re providing Rs 1,100 for one vote. Folks stated they’d take the cash however not vote for them,” the AAP chief acknowledged.
“For those who had labored for the general public previously ten years as an alternative of abusing me, you would not have to resort to purchasing votes on this election,” he added.
Amidst notices issued by senior Delhi authorities officers disavowing the Aam Aadmi Get together’s registration course of for 2 schemes within the capital, AAP chief Atishi accused the BJP of distributing money within the New Delhi meeting constituency, the place Arvind Kejriwal is contesting elections.
Atishi alleged that BJP chief and former West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma was caught distributing cash at his official residence.
“The BJP is distributing money to folks after checking their voter playing cards within the New Delhi constituency. As we speak, Parvesh Verma was caught red-handed giving out cash at his official residence, allotted to him as an MP. Ladies from numerous slums within the constituency have been referred to as there and given Rs 1,100 in envelopes,” Atishi stated throughout a press convention.
She claimed that crores of rupees have been stashed at Mr Verma’s residence and urged the Election Fee to direct the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Delhi Police to raid the premises and arrest him.
“I need to inform the ED and CBI that money value crores of rupees remains to be at Parvesh Verma’s home. I urge the Election Fee to instruct the ED and Delhi Police to raid his official residence and arrest him instantly. The BJP is making an attempt to win a misplaced election. We’ll formally lodge complaints with the police and the Election Fee. The pamphlets used for distributing cash additionally carry photos of PM Modi and JP Nadda,” she added.
This controversy follows public notices issued by the Division of Ladies and Baby Growth, which declared the Mahila Samman Yojana as “non-existent.” The division clarified that no such scheme has been formally notified.
Within the discover, the division acknowledged that any non-public particular person or political occasion amassing info by kinds or registrations within the identify of the Mahila Samman Yojana is committing fraud.
“It’s clarified that no such scheme has been notified by the Delhi Authorities,” the division famous, including that folks had been visiting authorities hospitals and places of work in search of details about the scheme.
The Delhi Meeting polls are anticipated to be held in early 2025. Within the 2020 elections, AAP gained 62 of the 70 seats, whereas the BJP secured eight.
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