Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Tuesday alleged that she was approached by the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the party. “I have been approached by the BJP to join their party. They are also threatening me that If I do not join the party, I will be arrested by ED in the next one month. They reached out to one of my close associates with this offer and also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP want to topple and destroy the AAP…,” she said. She also asserted that the party is not scared of the threats issued to its leaders by the BJP. “We are not scared of your threats… we will continue to work,” Atishi said while addressing a press conference here.
With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal having been sent to judicial custody till April 15, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continues to maintain that he will hold the post of CM. Kejriwal has been governing Delhi from jail with Sunita passing his orders to the Cabinet. After the Rouse Avenue Court awarded no relief to Kejriwal in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam on Monday, he has been lodged in Tihar jail number 2.