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Raghav Chadha, member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab, says BJP attempts to break AAP have failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Aam Aadmi Party was quick with a dig after eight of 11 Congress MLAs in Goa went to the BJP today. “Operation Lotus fails in Delhi and Punjab, succeeds in Goa… Because when you vote for Congress, you elect a future BJP MLA,” said party MP Raghav Chadha in a tweet, adding, “Congress is over, resting in pieces.”<\/p>\n

The AAP has two MLAs in Goa’s House of 40 \u2014\u00a0 the third state where it has presence besides being the ruling party in Delhi and Punjab.\u00a0The “resting” swipe echoes what Mr Kejriwal said yesterday<\/a> in his Gujarat poll campaign: “The Congress is finished.”<\/p>\n

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Operation Lotus: Fails in Delhi and Punjab, succeeds in Goa.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Because…<\/p>\n

When you vote for Congress, you elect a future BJP MLA.<\/p>\n

Congress is over, resting in pieces.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The AAP has been saying the BJP has unsuccessfully tried to “buy” its MLAs “for Rs 20-25 crore each” in Punjab and Delhi, referring to the alleged attempts as ‘Operation Lotus’\u00a0after the BJP’s poll symbol. BJP supporters, too, use the term for when the party manages to splinter its opposition.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s ‘Operation Keechad <\/em>(Mud)’,” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has said about the defections. “The BJP used all kinds of tactics \u2014 central probe agencies, threats by goons, lure of money \u2014 to do this, because it is rattled by the Bharat Jodo Yatra.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Led by former chief minister Digambar Kamat and senior leader Michael Lobo, eight of 11 Congress MLAs today joined the BJP<\/a>. The Congress had managed to stave this off in July, but the timing now \u2014 in the middle of Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ (Unite India March) \u2014\u00a0adds to its embarrassment.<\/p>\n

This is the second time splintering of the Congress in three years. In 2019, too, two thirds of its assembly strength \u2014 10 of 15 MLAs \u2014 defected to the BJP. This year the party had made its\u00a0candidates take a loyalty vow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n