AAP candidates meet Kejriwal ahead of Delhi election result

All AAP candidates have been asked to be present at Arvind Kejriwal's meeting

Ahead of the announcement of the Delhi poll result, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal held a crucial meeting on Friday with all 70 candidates contesting the election.

Several candidates, including Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Marlena, former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Delhi minister Imran Hussain, have already reached Arvind Kejriwal’s residence at 5, Firoz Shah Road. According to reports, the meeting will focus on preparations for the results and addressing concerns over alleged horse-trading of MLAs.

AAP candidate Surinder Kumar Setia told ANI, "Kejriwal ji has called a meeting. We will attend, and only after discussions will the agenda be clear... AAP is forming the government in Delhi in a strong manner.”

AAP candidate from Mustafabad, Adil Ahmed Khan said he was a soldier of Arvind Kejriwal. "Every Bureau belongs to the BJP they can go anywhere. BJP has used all of its agencies in these elections, this is shameful."," he told ANI ahead of the meeting.

Kejriwal  accused the BJP on Thursday of attempting to poach his party candidates.

In a post on X, Kejriwal claimed that 16 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates had received offers from the BJP with the promise of ministerial positions and Rs 15 crore each if they switch sides. "Some agencies are showing that the abusive party (BJP) is getting more than 55 seats. In the last two hours, 16 of our candidates have received calls that if they leave the AAP and join their party, they will be made ministers and given Rs 15 crore each," Kejriwal said in his post in Hindi on the microblogging platform. "If they are indeed winning more than 55 seats, why are they calling up our candidates? These fake surveys are a conspiracy to create an atmosphere to break AAP candidates. But not a single one of them will switch sides," he said.

However, the BJP dismissed the allegation and threatened legal action.