Punjab Police registers FIR over AAP cost of BJP ‘providing cash’ to its MLAs
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case after the ruling AAP complained to the state DGP, accusing the BJP of an try and poach its MLAs.
State Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema together with celebration MLAs had met DGP Gaurav Yadav over the difficulty and demanded an intensive probe.
The ruling celebration had earlier stated at the very least its 10 MLAs had been approached by BJP individuals with a proposal of Rs 25 crore every in a bid to topple the state authorities.
An official spokesperson of the state police stated, “Following a complaint filed by some MLAs of the state, the Punjab Police registered a first information report under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 171-B and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).”
The spokesperson added, “Police registered an FIR on prima facie basis and the investigation has been transferred to the Vigilance Bureau as per standard guidelines.”
Earlier within the day, the Opposition Congress had dared the ruling celebration to get the difficulty probed by an impartial company below the supervision of the High Court.
A senior BJP chief additionally sought a CBI investigation into the accusations, describing the claims as a “most ridiculous joke”.
Cheema was accompanied by celebration MLAs Budh Ram, Kulwant Pandori, Manjit Singh Bilaspur, Dinesh Chadha, Raman Arora, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Rajneesh Dahiya, Rupinder Singh Happy, Sheetal Angural and Labh Singh Ugoke to the DGP’s workplace on Wednesday.
Addressing the media right here, Cheema stated to “expose the unholy tactics” of the BJP, he and AAP MLAs gave a proper grievance together with “all proofs” to DGP Yadav for a good probe into the matter.
A grievance in opposition to BJP leaders and brokers has additionally been filed for allegedly issuing demise threats to Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural, he stated.
“He was told that if the evidence was presented, then he would be killed. We have proof of this also,” Cheema claimed.
He stated BJP brokers and staff from Delhi and Punjab had allegedly tried to interrupt away 35 MLAs from AAP to topple the federal government in Punjab.
Cheema accused the BJP of murdering democracy by toppling elected governments in numerous states after utilizing central businesses just like the CBI and the ED and in addition by providing cash.
But the “Operation Lotus” has utterly failed in Punjab, stated Cheema. The finance minister claimed the BJP is threatened by the rising graph of AAP in different states.
The BJP won’t ever achieve its “wicked plans” in Punjab even when they provide Rs 2,200 crore as a result of the loyal troopers of AAP below the management of Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann are standing like a rock, he stated.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated the BJP’s “Operation Lotus” had earlier failed in Delhi the place it couldn’t purchase AAP legislators.
“Now, they have tried to approach six-seven MLAs in Punjab,” stated Mann in a video message.
“The MLAs were offered money,” he alleged.
BJP nationwide basic secretary Tarun Chugh demanded a CBI investigation into the accusations whereas describing the ruling celebration’s claims because the “most ridiculous joke”.
Chugh stated, “It is probably the most ridiculous joke that AAP is enjoying on Punjabis for the straightforward purpose that they wish to deflect the individuals’s consideration from gross corruption the AAP authorities has completed in liquor coverage in Punjab.
” Chugh said by going to the DGP with a complaint on the basis of “faux calls”, the AAP authorities is entering into low cost and misleading politics, which in the long term would show to be a catastrophe for Punjab.
He stated an identical tactic was adopted by AAP in Delhi, which finally “proved to be a hoax”.
“AAP is playing politics of ridicule and mimicry to divert people’s attention from the core issues that are putting a grave threat to Punjab,” he stated.
The Punjab Congress demanded that the AAP authorities get the difficulty probed by an impartial investigating company below the supervision of the High Court.
It additionally requested AAP to provide proof in opposition to the BJP on the allegations of horse-trading within the state.
“There is strong probability of AAP imploding in Punjab with MLAs feeling suffocated, disillusioned and alienated as the power is being wielded and enjoyed by outsiders,” state Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring stated.
Hence, the celebration is making an attempt to make an excuse because it did in Delhi by levelling related allegations and nothing got here out of these allegations there, he acknowledged.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case after the ruling AAP complained to the state DGP, accusing the BJP of an try and poach its MLAs.
State Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema together with celebration MLAs had met DGP Gaurav Yadav over the difficulty and demanded an intensive probe.
The ruling celebration had earlier stated at the very least its 10 MLAs had been approached by BJP individuals with a proposal of Rs 25 crore every in a bid to topple the state authorities.
An official spokesperson of the state police stated, “Following a complaint filed by some MLAs of the state, the Punjab Police registered a first information report under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 171-B and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).”
The spokesperson added, “Police registered an FIR on prima facie basis and the investigation has been transferred to the Vigilance Bureau as per standard guidelines.”
Earlier within the day, the Opposition Congress had dared the ruling celebration to get the difficulty probed by an impartial company below the supervision of the High Court.
A senior BJP chief additionally sought a CBI investigation into the accusations, describing the claims as a “most ridiculous joke”.
Cheema was accompanied by celebration MLAs Budh Ram, Kulwant Pandori, Manjit Singh Bilaspur, Dinesh Chadha, Raman Arora, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Rajneesh Dahiya, Rupinder Singh Happy, Sheetal Angural and Labh Singh Ugoke to the DGP’s workplace on Wednesday.
Addressing the media right here, Cheema stated to “expose the unholy tactics” of the BJP, he and AAP MLAs gave a proper grievance together with “all proofs” to DGP Yadav for a good probe into the matter.
A grievance in opposition to BJP leaders and brokers has additionally been filed for allegedly issuing demise threats to Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural, he stated.
“He was told that if the evidence was presented, then he would be killed. We have proof of this also,” Cheema claimed.
He stated BJP brokers and staff from Delhi and Punjab had allegedly tried to interrupt away 35 MLAs from AAP to topple the federal government in Punjab.
Cheema accused the BJP of murdering democracy by toppling elected governments in numerous states after utilizing central businesses just like the CBI and the ED and in addition by providing cash.
But the “Operation Lotus” has utterly failed in Punjab, stated Cheema. The finance minister claimed the BJP is threatened by the rising graph of AAP in different states.
The BJP won’t ever achieve its “wicked plans” in Punjab even when they provide Rs 2,200 crore as a result of the loyal troopers of AAP below the management of Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann are standing like a rock, he stated.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated the BJP’s “Operation Lotus” had earlier failed in Delhi the place it couldn’t purchase AAP legislators.
“Now, they have tried to approach six-seven MLAs in Punjab,” stated Mann in a video message.
“The MLAs were offered money,” he alleged.
BJP nationwide basic secretary Tarun Chugh demanded a CBI investigation into the accusations whereas describing the ruling celebration’s claims because the “most ridiculous joke”.
Chugh stated, “It is probably the most ridiculous joke that AAP is enjoying on Punjabis for the straightforward purpose that they wish to deflect the individuals’s consideration from gross corruption the AAP authorities has completed in liquor coverage in Punjab.
” Chugh said by going to the DGP with a complaint on the basis of “faux calls”, the AAP authorities is entering into low cost and misleading politics, which in the long term would show to be a catastrophe for Punjab.
He stated an identical tactic was adopted by AAP in Delhi, which finally “proved to be a hoax”.
“AAP is playing politics of ridicule and mimicry to divert people’s attention from the core issues that are putting a grave threat to Punjab,” he stated.
The Punjab Congress demanded that the AAP authorities get the difficulty probed by an impartial investigating company below the supervision of the High Court.
It additionally requested AAP to provide proof in opposition to the BJP on the allegations of horse-trading within the state.
“There is strong probability of AAP imploding in Punjab with MLAs feeling suffocated, disillusioned and alienated as the power is being wielded and enjoyed by outsiders,” state Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring stated.
Hence, the celebration is making an attempt to make an excuse because it did in Delhi by levelling related allegations and nothing got here out of these allegations there, he acknowledged.
