BJP has spent Rs 6,300 crore in toppling govts of other parties, claims Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre did not have to impose GST on food items if the BJP had not spent a whopping Rs 6300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country Kejriwals remarks come a day after his called the BJP a serial killer of state governmentsDuring his address in the Delhi Assembly Kejriwal also alleged that the BJP is using money collected through GST and hike in petrol and diesel prices to poach the MLAsThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convenor on Saturday also alleged that the people are facing the brunt of price rise with the BJP spending crores of rupees on poaching other parties MLAs and bringing down their governments in statesIn a tweet in Hindi Kejriwal said the Goods and Services Tax GST that has been imposed on curd buttermilk honey wheat rice etc will fetch Rs 7500 crore revenue per annum to the central governmentAlso Read Arvind Kejriwal questions source of Rs 800 crore offered by BJP to 40 AAP MLAsThey have spent Rs 6300 crore so far on toppling governments They would not have had to impose GST on wheat rice buttermilk etc if they had not toppled governments People do not have to face inflation he claimedThe political slugfest between the AAP and the BJP has intensified since the CBI registered a case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others for alleged irregularities in implementation of the Excise policy on the Lieutenant Governor V K Saxenas recommendationThe probe agency raided Sisodias residence in the capital and 30 other locations in the country in connection with the case on August 19The AAP alleged that the Centre put the CBI after Sisodia to dent his image by implicating him in a fake case as the the BJP is terrified by the growing popularity of Kejriwal and his model of government in the run up to the assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal PradeshA day after the CBI raid Sisodia claimed that the BJP had approached him with an offer to get all corruption charges against him dropped and also appoint him as Chief Minister of Delhi if he switches sides and joins the saffron partyEarlier this week four AAP MLAs claimed that the BJP leaders approached them offering Rs 20 crore each if they join the saffron party or else they will also have to face fake cases CBI and EDOn Thursday the AAP claimed the BJP has approached 40 of its MLAs with such offers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to topple the Kejriwal government in DelhiDuring his address in the Delhi Assembly he also claimed that the BJP has bought 277 MLAs till now across the countryThe BJP however countered the charge accusing the AAP of making false claims just to divert peoples attention from the corruption charges against SisodiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever