{"id":12092,"date":"2024-03-28T11:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/amazed-at-their-audacity-jakhar-on-aap-mlas-claims-that-they-were-offered-money-to-join-bjp-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:34:47","slug":"amazed-at-their-audacity-jakhar-on-aap-mlas-claims-that-they-were-offered-money-to-join-bjp-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/amazed-at-their-audacity-jakhar-on-aap-mlas-claims-that-they-were-offered-money-to-join-bjp-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazed at their audacity: Jakhar on AAP MLAs claims that they were offered money to join BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108851564,imgsize-.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amazed at their audacity: Jakhar on AAP MLAs claims that they were offered money to join BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Amazed at their audacity: Jakhar on AAP MLAs claims that they were offered money to join BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>CHANDIGARH: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/punjab\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Punjab<\/a> BJP chief <!-- -->Sunil Jakhar<!-- --> on Thursday dismissed AAP MLAs&#8217; <!-- -->allegations<!-- --> that they were offered money to join the saffron party, saying he was &#8220;amazed at their audacity&#8221;.<br \/>As AAP&#8217;s lone Lok Sabha MP <!-- -->Sushil Kumar Rinku<!-- --> and Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural joined the BJP on Wednesday, three ruling party MLAs claimed they were offered money to jump ship.<br \/>The AAP alleged the BJP had &#8220;again started <!-- -->Operation Lotus<!-- -->&#8221; in Punjab and was trying to break the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.<br \/>&#8216;Operation Lotus&#8217; is a term used by opposition parties to describe what they call &#8220;poaching&#8221; of MLAs by the BJP to topple governments.<br \/>&#8220;I am amazed at their audacity. They are so thick-skinned and they are teaching morality,&#8221; Jakhar told reporters here in response to a question on allegations levelled by the AAP MLAs.<br \/>Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy had claimed that one Sewak Singh called him from an international number on Tuesday with an offer to join the BJP.<br \/>He claimed he was offered Rs 20-25 crore but he told the caller that &#8220;I do not need it.&#8221;<br \/>Similar claims were made by Balluana MLA Amandeep Singh and Ludhiana South legislator Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina. They asserted that they would not leave the party.<br \/>Meanwhile, Rinku slammed the AAP government in Punjab over the law and order situation and the drug menace.<br \/>Speaking at a press conference, Rinku also accused the AAP of not fulfilling the promises it made before the 2023 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll.<br \/>&#8220;The party&#8217;s national leader had promised people in Jalandhar that heaps of garbage would be cleared once they sent our candidate to the Lok Sabha,&#8221; Rinku said.<br \/>&#8220;You (media) can send your teams to Model Town in Jalandhar to see for yourselves (what has been done),&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#8220;It was a small promise. There are many promises which were not fulfilled,&#8221; he added.<br \/>Rinku further claimed roads are broken and wastewater is overflowing in Jalandhar.<br \/>On the law and order situation in Punjab, Rinku claimed people are receiving ransom calls from criminals.<br \/>&#8220;Traders are feeling scared today,&#8221; he said.<br \/>Rinku claimed drugs are &#8220;easily available&#8221; in the state and &#8220;cable mafia is still operating in the state&#8221;. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHANDIGARH: Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday dismissed AAP MLAs&#8217; 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