“BJP’s Game Has Begun”: AAP’s Manish Sisodia Alleges Poaching Attempt

AAP asks newly elected councilors to record phone calls hinting at poaching

New Delhi:

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was trying to poach newly elected AAP councilors into its fold and asserted that none of them would fall prey to their “game”.

He said that the newly elected corporators have been instructed to record any such phone call they receive.

Sisodia’s allegations come after the Aam Aadmi Party won the MCD elections with 134 seats, ending the BJP’s 15-year rule in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in the 250-member house.

The BJP, which exit polls predicted a heavy defeat, put up a spirited fight, winning 104 municipal wards.

“BJP’s game has started. Phone calls have started coming from our newly elected corporators. None of our corporators are for sale. We have told all our corporators that if they get any call or someone comes to meet them , so they record that call.” More meetings,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.

BJP’s game has started. Phone calls started coming to our newly elected corporators.

None of our councilors will be sold. We have told all the corporators that if they get a phone call or come to meet them, record them.

– Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 7, 2022

BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya also suggested that the mayoral election was still an open game and said that Chandigarh, where its rival was the largest party, has mayors from the BJP ranks.

In a tweet, he said, “Now it’s time to elect a mayor for Delhi. It will all depend on who gets the numbers in a close contest, how the nominated councilors vote etc. For example, BJP’s election in Chandigarh.” is the mayor.”

Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga also claimed that the city would again have a mayor from his party.

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