Delhi Police serves 'political' notices of BJP like 'Delivery Boys': AAP leader Jasmine Shah
AAP leader Jasmine Shah on Sunday mocked the Delhi Police, calling them 'delivery boys' who deliver 'political communications' from the BJP to Opposition leaders.
Delhi News: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah on Sunday took aim at the Delhi Police, comparing the police to 'delivery boys' who hand out 'political notices' on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The AAP leader said he “sympathizes” with the police officials as they are “forced” to serve as “delivery boys” to the BJP messages.
'Delivery boys'
Detectives from the Delhi Crime Branch arrived at the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday to serve a notice to the Delhi Education Minister over AAP's allegations that the BJP was trying to poach its MLAs through hefty monetary incentives as part of 'Operation Lotus 2.0'.
“Yesterday, a team from the Delhi Police Crime Branch came to the residence of CM Arvind Kejriwal. The notice does not contain anything about an FIR, it is not a summons or a preliminary inquiry, and there is no mention of any part of the IPC or CrPC. This is just a letter on a white paper,” Shah said.
“Why did the crime branch officer want to hand over the notice only to the CM, without any legal basis?”, the AAP leader asked.
It hurts that a senior crime branch officer had to dance on the streets for five hours. Just like delivery people, postmen who deliver letters. This senior official is made for that,” Jasmine Shah told reporters.
BJP tries to 'poach' AAP MLAs: Atishi
Earlier today, Delhi Police also issued notices to AAP leader and minister Atishi about the MLA's poaching allegations, asking him to respond within three days. The Delhi minister had alleged that the BJP was approaching several AAP MLAs with bribes and threats in a bid to get them to join the saffron brigade and topple the Kejriwal dispensation.
Operation Lotus 2.0
“BJP has launched 'Operation Lotus 2.0' and is trying to topple the democratically elected AAP government in Delhi. As many as seven AAP MLAs have been approached by the BJP and told that Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested soon after, following which division and division will consume the party. They are in touch with 21 of our MLAs and plan to use them to topple our government. These seven MLAs have been offered Rs 25 crore each,” Atishi claimed.
“They unleashed 'Operation Lotus' to gain power through the back door in states where they had not been democratically elected. Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are examples,” the AAP leader claimed.
Meanwhile, AAP chief Kejriwal on Sunday accused the city police of resorting to a 'drama' at the behest of their 'political masters' instead of curbing the rising crime wave in the capital.
(With ANI inputs)