Sting exposes BJP bid to buy AAP legislator

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came out with a 41-minute sting video on Monday claiming that a senior leader of the Delhi BJP unit tried to poach their party legislator.  AAP legislator from Sangam Vihar, Dinesh Mohaniya, was offered Rs 4 crore and other perks by Delhi BJP’s vice-president Sher Singh Dagar, if he backed their effort to form a government in the capital, the clip purportedly shows. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said the "dirty tactics” of the BJP trapped in the sting footage will be presented before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court will be hearing the AAP’s petition on early dissolution of the Assembly. Claiming that four other MLAs are ready to resign, the BJP leader can be heard in the clip trying to convince Mohaniya to resign from the Assembly. The sting suggested that the resignations of the AAP legislators were being "organised” by the BJP to reduce the current strength of the 67-member Delhi Assembly, giving the saffron party a clear majority to form a government. The BJP has the support of 29 MLAs, the AAP has 27 legislators, the Congress has eight MLAs and there are three others. Three seats are vacant in the House. DHNS