Arrest Amit Shah: Manish Sisodia on MLA-poaching charges

Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday played an audio clip of an alleged BJP man purportedly luring a TRS MLA in Telangana and discussing the party's bid to poach AAP MLAs in the national capital. "Today, a huge example has come to the fore of operation lotus, which is being carried out by the BJP. The way they buy legislators, they topple the elected governments... such links have been found in Delhi and Telangana. AAP has proof of it," Sisodia alleged, while addressing the media.

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On October 27, three men were arrested during raids in Telangana and Rs 100 crore was seized, Sisodia said. "All three men are linked to the BJP. There were attempts to poach four TRS MLAs. On October 28, an audio clips surfaced, where BJP's dalal can be heard luring a TRS MLA to the BJP, saying they were also trying to poach 43 Delhi MLAs and that money has been kept aside for this purpose. He can be heard saying that he has spoken to Shah and BL Santosh," he said, adding, "If it is Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP's dalal is referring to, he should immediately be arrested and questioned."

The ruling TRS in Telangana on Saturday accused the BJP of "pushing" the country into debt trap with borrowings of the central government allegedly touching 61.6 per cent of the GDP by 2021. "During the 67 years of various Prime Ministers rule, the country borrowed Rs 55.87 crore. After coming to power in 2014, the borrowings by PM Modi alone is Rs 80 lakh crore," claimed TRS Minister KT Rama Rao.

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