Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is all set to table a confidence motion in the Delhi assembly today to prove that all AAP MLAs are with him after alleging that the BJP tried to topple his government.
The Delhi assembly’s special session on Monday is likely to be a stormy one, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal poised to bring in a confidence motion in the House days after he alleged that the BJP had attempted to poach legislators from his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Once the motion is tabled at 11am, the AAP government will undertake a floor test to prove that his party MLAs had not crossed over. The AAP has 62 MLAs in the 70-member Delhi assembly, while the BJP has eight.
he AAP’s claims about the BJP’s alleged ‘Operation Lotus’ come amid the latter relentlessly targeting the ruling party in the wake of a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Delhi government’s now-scrapped Excise Policy 2021-22.
Mocking the BJP for shambolic planning and their subordinates for their lack of preparedness, Kejriwal had earlier said, “As a part of their conspiracy, they targeted Manish Sisodia first. They planted a frivolous case against him that he had gobbled funds under the garb of excise policy.”
Meanwhile, the BJP has accused the AAP chief of using the assembly for fanning political propaganda and indulging in drama to divert people’s attention from the liquor “scam” of his government.
BJP leaders also alleged that Kejriwal has been making claims about alleged attempts to poach AAP MLAs since his party contested the Delhi Assembly elections in 2013.
