BJP accuses Kejriwal of ‘political vendetta’
Chandigarh/New Delhi, May 2: Punjab Police has booked Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who recently switched from AAP to the BJP with six others, sources said on Saturday.
Two FIRs have been lodged against Pathak under non-bailable sections, they said.
No further details about the FIRs have been disclosed yet. Pathak was among the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who had quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP.
On April 24, the AAP suffered a jolt when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs quit, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal’s party has strayed from its principles, values and core morals.
Of the seven MPs — who were Pathak, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikramjit Sahney and Swati Maliwal — six were from Punjab.
Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan later officially accepted their merger with the BJP, reducing AAP’s strength in the Upper House to three.
Meanwhile, the BJP on Saturday has reacted to the FIRs on Pathak, accusing AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal of indulging in vendetta politics and misusing the Punjab Police. It also alleged that law and order in the state has deteriorated.
BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed that the police action reflects misplaced priorities.
“Punjab Police went to Pathak’s residence and attempted to carry out a raid. We want to ask if the law and order situation has become so weak that the police are unable to act against drug traffickers, but are being used in this manner?” he asked reporters. (PTI)
