BJP MLA Files Complaint Against Kejriwal for ‘Misleading Calls’
Sirsa alleged the AAP was “misleading” voters in his constituency through “propaganda”.
BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa has lodged a complaint with police against Aam Aadmi Party convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, 27 January, alleging that phone calls were being made to voters of his Rajouri Garden constituency claiming their names had been deleted from electoral rolls by the BJP.
Sirsa alleged the AAP was "misleading" voters in his constituency through "propaganda" that their names were deleted because of the BJP but re-listed because of "sincere efforts" of Kejriwal.
In his complaint filed at Tilak Nagar police station, the BJP MLA cited names of two voters who received such calls.
Sirsa Cries Conspiracy
"It is a conspiracy to defame me by false representation before voters of my constituency to lower my image before them that their MLA is weak and not capable to protect their fundamental right to vote," Sirsa said in his complaint.
Last week, a delegation of the BJP's Delhi unit led by its president Manoj Tiwari had submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission seeking action against AAP over its claim of deletion of names of 30 lakh voters in Delhi, and also over phone calls being made to voters by AAP volunteers defaming the BJP.
AAP Says No Crime to Tell Truth
The AAP has asserted that it was no crime to tell the people who got their names deleted from electoral rolls and that it was restored due to the AAP and its leaders.
"Aam Aadmi Party, its MLAs and volunteers organised camps to register those voters again. This process is still going on. We believe that adding these genuine voters is not a crime or telling this to voters is not a crime," AAP's chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj had said earlier.
The party accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being involved in the alleged deletion of names of lakhs of voters belonging to Purvanchali, Bania and Muslim communities in the national capital after the 2015 assembly elections in Delhi.
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