Arvind Kejriwal claims he's being forced to join BJP: 'Not going to bend'

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a huge claim, saying he is being forced to join the BJP. His statement came amid a probe into the Aam Aadmi Party's MLA poaching allegations.

"They can hatch any conspiracy against us; I am also firm. I am not going to bend. They are asking me to join BJP, then they are going to leave me alone. But I said that I will never go to BJP, I will never join BJP, not at all," the AAP supremo said after laying the foundation stone of a school in Rohini, Delhi.

In his speech at the event, Kejriwal also alleged that the BJP-headed Centre only spends 4 per cent of the national budget on schools and hospitals as opposed to the Delhi government spending 40 per cent of its budget every year on these. The Delhi Chief Minister also mentioned his jailed AAP colleagues Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain.

"Today all agencies are after us. Manish Sisodia's fault is that he was building good schools. Satyendr Jain's fault is that he was getting good hospitals and mohalla clinics built. Had Manish Sisodia not been working for the betterment of school infrastructure, he would not have been arrested. They created all sorts of



conspiracies, but couldn't deter us," Arvind Kerjiwal said.

The AAP chief further asked the people present there to continue showering him with their love and blessings, adding that he does not wish to have "anything else".

Arvind Kejriwal's comments came hours after Delhi Police went to AAP Minister Atishi's house on Sunday to serve her notice in connection wth the MLAs' poaching claims. The AAP has claimed that the saffron party attempted to poach as many as seven of the former's MLAs.

However, as Atishi was not at home, the notice was received by the Delhi Education Minister's Officer on Special Duty (OSD). Atishi has been asked to respond to the notice by Monday (February 5).

Arvind Kejriwal was also served notice in connection with the poaching claims. On Saturday, after a five-hour drama, Delhi Police Crime Branch served a notice to the Chief Minister, asking him to reply within three days in connection to a probe into the poaching claims.

Police have asked Arvind Kejriwal to join the probe into the allegations and reveal the names of the AAP MLAs who were allegedly approached by the BJP.