NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said that a team of Election Commission reached Punjab chief minister Bhagwan Mann‘s Kapurthala House residence in Delhi for search.
Delhi chief minister Atishi reacted to the searches and targeted the authorities for ignoring BJP for violating model code of conduct and instead raiding the residence of an elected chief minister.
In a social media post on X, Atishi said, “Delhi Police has reached to raid Bhagwant Mann ji’s house in Delhi. BJP is distributing money, shoes, sheets in broad daylight – that is not visible. Instead they go to raid the residence of an elected chief minister.”
“Wow BJP! People of Delhi will give their answer on 5th!” she added.
Meanwhile, Election Commission refuted the allegation of conducting any raid on the Delhi residence of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, news agency ANI reported citing EC sources.
This comes after BJP targeted AAP over a vehicle seized from outside Delhi’s Punjab Bhawan allegedly with alcohol, cash, and AAP campaign material. BJP candidate from New Delhi Parvesh Verma claimed that thousands of people of AAP have come from Punjab and they have entered mohallas.
“I think that in the next 4-5 days, Delhi’s security will be under threat. Thousands of people of AAP have come from Punjab. They do not campaign for elections. They have entered mohallas. There are vehicles from Punjab with ‘Government of Punjab’ written on them. The vehicle seized had the same words written on it, though it was a private vehicle,” Verma said.
Demanding an investigation into such vehicles, he said, “I have filed a complaint with the Delhi Police and Election Commission to take prompt action over this. All such vehicles, especially those moving in the New Delhi assembly constituency, should be checked. The criminal record of the occupants of these vehicles should also be checked.”
Earlier, Tilak Marg police station received information of a suspicious vehicle with a ‘PB’ number registration and ‘Punjab sarkar’ written on it parked near Punjab Bhavan. Upon inspection, the vehicle had various pamphlets of the Aam Aadmi Party, multiple liquor bottles and cash worth lakhs, according to Delhi police.
However, the Punjab government issued a clarification that the number plate on the vehicle is “forged and fake” and refuted any allegations of the car being connected to the state government.