BJP working ‘Operation Kamal’ even in Presidential polls; cash energy at play, alleges Yashwant Sinha

By PTI

BHOPAL: Opposition events’ Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse buying and selling within the election for the nation’s highest constitutional publish and sought a probe into it.

He claimed that the saffron celebration was finishing up ‘Operation Kamal’, beneath which it was allegedly providing a “huge sum of money to non-BJP MLAs” to make sure its presidential candidate’s win as it’s afraid of the result of a free and honest election.

Kamal or lotus is the ballot image of the BJP. In current years, the opposition events have been accusing the BJP of finishing up ‘Operation Kamal’ to achieve energy within the states the place is doesn’t rule.

The opposition makes use of the time period to explain the saffron celebration’s alleged makes an attempt to engineer defection for forming a authorities.

Talking to reporters after assembly the Congress MLAs, Sinha stated, “I read with deep distress this morning the news published in a leading newspaper in Madhya Pradesh with the headlined – ‘BJP eyeing 26 tribal MLAs of Congress, cross voting preparation’.”

“I have also heard from credible sources that huge sums of money are being offered to non-BJP MLAs to vote for the party’s candidate in the presidential elections,” he alleged.

This clearly implies that ‘Operation Kamal’ is now being put in force even within the election to the very best workplace of the Republic, Sinha stated, including that it additionally reveals that the BJP has turn out to be terrified of the result of a free and honest presidential election.

He urged the Election Commission and in addition the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, who’s the returning officer for the presidential election, to probe the reported corruption practices of the ruling celebration.

“The right name for ‘Operation Kamal’ is ‘Operation Mal’ (dirt), because it has become synonymous with dirty political corruption by the ruling party. It has been used to create defections in opposition parties and even to topple state governments run by the opposition parties,” the previous Union finance minister stated.

“Apart from Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has used it to dislodge opposition governments in Karnataka, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh and most recently in Maharashtra. In all this, I hear alarm bells for democracy in India,” he stated.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded Droupadi Murmu, a tribal chief from Odisha, as its candidate for the election to the publish of president. The presidential polls shall be held on July 18.

BHOPAL: Opposition events’ Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse buying and selling within the election for the nation’s highest constitutional publish and sought a probe into it.

He claimed that the saffron celebration was finishing up ‘Operation Kamal’, beneath which it was allegedly providing a “huge sum of money to non-BJP MLAs” to make sure its presidential candidate’s win as it’s afraid of the result of a free and honest election.

Kamal or lotus is the ballot image of the BJP. In current years, the opposition events have been accusing the BJP of finishing up ‘Operation Kamal’ to achieve energy within the states the place is doesn’t rule.

The opposition makes use of the time period to explain the saffron celebration’s alleged makes an attempt to engineer defection for forming a authorities.

Talking to reporters after assembly the Congress MLAs, Sinha stated, “I read with deep distress this morning the news published in a leading newspaper in Madhya Pradesh with the headlined – ‘BJP eyeing 26 tribal MLAs of Congress, cross voting preparation’.”

“I have also heard from credible sources that huge sums of money are being offered to non-BJP MLAs to vote for the party’s candidate in the presidential elections,” he alleged.

This clearly implies that ‘Operation Kamal’ is now being put in force even within the election to the very best workplace of the Republic, Sinha stated, including that it additionally reveals that the BJP has turn out to be terrified of the result of a free and honest presidential election.

He urged the Election Commission and in addition the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, who’s the returning officer for the presidential election, to probe the reported corruption practices of the ruling celebration.

“The right name for ‘Operation Kamal’ is ‘Operation Mal’ (dirt), because it has become synonymous with dirty political corruption by the ruling party. It has been used to create defections in opposition parties and even to topple state governments run by the opposition parties,” the previous Union finance minister stated.

“Apart from Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has used it to dislodge opposition governments in Karnataka, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh and most recently in Maharashtra. In all this, I hear alarm bells for democracy in India,” he stated.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded Droupadi Murmu, a tribal chief from Odisha, as its candidate for the election to the publish of president. The presidential polls shall be held on July 18.