Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claims he is being poached by BJP

The poaching allegations in Delhi took a new turn after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that he was being forced to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The allegations came a day after the Delhi police served notice to Kejriwal seeking proof of his earlier claims that the AAP MLAs are being offered Rs 25 crore each to join the saffron party.

Speaking at the foundation ceremony of a school in Rohini, the AAP supremo further said that he would never succumb to threats.

"They can hatch whatever conspiracy against me. I am also firm, I am not going to bend. They are asking me to join the BJP, saying that they will leave me alone if I do it. But I said that I will never go to BJP, I will never join BJP, not at all," Kejriwal said.

It comes at a time when he is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise policy scam case. The agency on Saturday approached the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi after Kejriwal skipped his fifth summons for questioning in the case.

Two other senior AAP leaders—Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain—are already jailed in the case.

The AAP chief mentioned his two incarcerated colleagues in his speech.

"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," he said.

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