Kejriwal asks Modi if democracy means buying MLAs after BJP claim on 14 AAP legislators

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the BJP claimed that 14 “disgruntled” Aam Aadmi Party MLAs were in contact with it, asking whether democracy, in the Prime Minister’s view, meant forming governments by buying opposition legislators.

Kejriwal’s tweets

In a series of tweets in which he tagged a news report, Kejriwal asked where the BJP got so much money to buy MLAs. He said the party had tried to poach AAP legislators before but that it was not easy to buy AAP members.

In a second tweet he addressed senior BJP leader and Union minister Vijay Goel, asking why talks over the 14 MLAs were stuck and how much was being offered and demanded.

The BJP claim

Goel told a press conference on Thursday that the AAP legislators were deeply unhappy with the working of their own party and might soon leave it. “14 of the AAP MLAs are in contact with us,” he said.

Horse-trading allegation

The AAP has accused the BJP of horse-trading during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the BJP was offering Rs 10 crore each to seven AAP MLAs to switch sides. He said the BJP had no development issues to raise and had resorted to trying to buy legislators.

See also: Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.

Originally published on 3 May 2019. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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