Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday rejected the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been indulging in acts of horse-trading, and said that it has no intention of ever doing so.
"BJP never indulged in horse trading, nor will we ever indulge in it," Singh told media here.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that the saffron party is engaging in horse-trading in a bid to form the government in Delhi.
Earlier today, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's tweets against BJP fueled criticism from the party as they accused them of buying MLAs.
He had also blamed them for trying to buy AAP's MLAs by bribing and threatening them.
Kejriwal had tweeted, "Sources-Despite public outcry, LG likely 2 invite BJP 2 form govt 2day. BJP will accept it........BJP still does not hv nos. Sources - 6 cong MLAs not yet ready. BJP's assessment - After taking oath, it wud bcome easier to buy MLAs.....
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"....Questions - can LG invite a party to form govt without prima facie satisfying himself whether the party has nos? ..............Wud LG encourage horse trading if he invites a party to form govt despite knowing that they don't have nos?............ Shudn't LG first ask for a list of supporting MLAs? Else wudn't LG be seen to be acting partisan?" he further tweeted.
He also tweeted, "If a party (BJP) has once already declined the offer to form govt - can the LG invite the same party in the existing vidhan sabha again ? Can LG afford not to invite BJP? Else, won't he be transferred or removed, as happened to other guvs? Wud LG save his chair or the constitution - nation will keenly watch."
Delhi has been under President's rule since February when Kejriwal resigned from the post of chief minister after his 49-day-old government failed to table its Jan Lokpal Bill in the state assembly.
The Assembly has been under suspended animation ever since and no party has staked claim to form the government.
BJP had won 31 seats in the Delhi Assembly polls of December last year but its number has come down to 28 in the 70-member house as three of its MLAs - Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Pervesh Verma - were elected to Lok Sabha in the recent general elections.