Will answer questions of the Delhi HC: AAP
New Delhi, June 18: In wake of the queries raised by the Delhi High Court about the venue of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's protest at the Lt Governor's official residence, the AAP said on Monday that the party had followed proper procedures and will respond to the court.
"Whatever the High Court has asked, we will answer. But I want to clarify one thing. As far as the protest at LG's office is concerned, it did not happen in just one day. We followed all the procedures, wrote letters, sent requests, did everything but ultimately, when we reached out to the LG, he did not even have five minutes to meet us," Aam Admi Party leader Sanjay Singh said in response to queries at a press conference.
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought to know from the AAP government as to who has authorised Kejriwal and his ministerial colleagues to hold a sit-in protest at the Lt. Governor's office as it was not the place to hold a demonstration.
A vacation bench of Justice A.K. Chawla and Justice Navin Chawla said: "If it is a strike or dharna, it has to be somewhere else. This can't be called a strike."
Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai had been camping in the Raj Niwas, the official accommodation-cum-office of Lt. Governor Anil Baijal, since June 11. Sisodia and Jain, who had later gone on a hunger fast, have been hospitalised following deterioration in their health condition.
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“Union Min. HDK has collected crores of rupees for bypolls,” alleges Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya: Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy has accused Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of collecting crores of rupees from various companies for the bypolls of three assembly constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Addressing press persons on Monday, he stated that the JD(S)-BJP alliance has poured large amounts of funds into the bypolls of three constituencies in the state. “We could not compete against them, money alone cannot make anyone win. People will bless owing to our pro-people programs,” he added.
He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party through its ‘operation lotus’ has been attempting to poach Congress legislators since the formation of the government in 2023. He further said, “Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders keep saying that the government will fall, what other proof is required to determine that Operation lotus is being conducted.”
“Everyone is aware that operation lotus cannot run without money. They have lured our MLAs with money. However, our legislators have ignored such attempts. We will provide adequate proof about the amount of money and the legislators they tried to poach at the right time. Let them (BJP-JDS) prove allegations against us (Congress) first,” said the Minister responding to a reporter’s question.
Cheluvarayaswamy also refuted claims of scandal and cited them as ‘baseless.’ He further said, “Everything is under investigation. Ask them to prove their allegations first. It is just an illusion that the state government will fall owing to the scams.”
