BJP paying Rs 1,100 per vote in Kejriwal's constituency': AAP to lodge complaint with ED

New Delhi - The Aam Aadmi Party leaders would officially lodge a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate against BJP leaders Parvesh Verma and Manjinder Sirsa for allegedly distributing cash to voters in the New Delhi constituency where AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal is the sitting MLA. "Senior leader Sanjay Singh will be going to the ED office today around 4 pm and submit a complaint against BJP's Parvesh Verma and Manjinder Sirsa," party sources said. Notably, multiple AAP leaders, including Chief Minister Atishi, had a day back conducted a press conference and levelled allegations against Verma for distributing cash at his official residence, 20 Windsor Place. Women were brought in from different slums and colonies of the constituency, asked to fill forms featuring Parvesh Verma’s photo and were given Rs 1,100 in envelopes after submitting their voter IDs,” CM Atishi had said. She stated that several reporters captured video evidence of the incident, which allegedly showed women leaving the premises with BJP pamphlets bearing photos of Parvesh Verma and other senior BJP leaders along with envelopes containing cash. Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also levelled the same allegations and stated that during his visit to various areas in his New Delhi constituency, residents reported BJP agents openly purchasing votes. “People told me, ‘they are paying Rs 1,100 per vote.’ However, the public has assured me they will take the money but won’t vote for them,” he said. Meanwhile, Delhi BJP vice-president Kapil Mishra said the AAP had lost its political ground in Delhi and was now playing dirty politics over the aid provided to poor women through social organisations. The entire AAP is objecting to the assistance provided to women through former MP Pravesh Sahib Singh’s NGO - “Rashtriya Swabhimaan” - to avoid accountability for its baseless Mahila Samman and Sanjeevani Schemes,” Mishra said. Verma also denied all allegations and claimed to have done this welfare work just for the sake of humanity.