Anti-Corruption Bureau Team Arrives At Kejriwal’s House After LG Orders Probe Into AAP’s Poaching Charges Against BJP

New Delhi: A team of Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials arrived at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Friday after lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena ordered a probe into the ex-CM’s poaching charges against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A day after most exit polls projected a clean sweep for the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections, Aam Admi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of trying to poach 16 party candidates. Kejriwal alleged that the AAP candidates received offers from the BJP, which allegedly promised ministerial positions and ₹15 crore each if they jumped the ship to join the saffron party.

Kejriwal’s accusations come ahead of the February 8 poll results.
“Some agencies are showing that the abusive party (BJP) is getting more than 55 seats. In the last two hours, 16 of our candidates have received calls that if they leave the AAP and join their party, they will be made ministers and given ₹15 crore each,” Kejriwal posted in Hindi on X.

Chief minister Atishi, who contested from Kalkaji, also questioned the BJP’s actions. “If the abusive party (BJP) is getting more than 50 seats, then why are they trying to break our candidates by contacting them?” she asked on X.

Atishi further alleged that the exit polls predicting a BJP victory in Delhi were part of a “conspiracy” hatched to demoralise AAP candidates.
On Wednesday, voting was conducted peacefully across 13,766 polling stations in all 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi.