BJP has kept Rs 500 cr for Operation Lotus: Himachal Congress leader

The Congress State General Secretary and legislator Vikramaditya Singh on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has kept a fund of Rs 500 crore to bribe the Congress leaders ahead of the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election.
Vikramaditya Singh, the son of late Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, stated this to the media in Shimla on Thursday.He said that the BJP has launched “Operation Lotus” to buy Congress leaders across the country and added that the Congress party is not afraid to fight them.
“If the organization of BJP is strong then why is BJP doing such dacoit activities in daylight? It seems that BJP knows the truth inside as they failed to do any development and could not fulfil its promises. The BJP has kept a 500 Crore Rupees fund for Himachal to buy leaders,” Vikramaditya Singh said.
“It will not have any impact on the Congress party. We stand Rock Solid. We are going to fulfil whatever promises our senior leaders have made. To fulfil and implement our promises made to people, we have taken on board the financial experts including the experts from administration and financial commission,” Singh further added
On being asked about the senior Congressman, Harsh Mahajan, joining the BJP, the Congress leader said it was his choice to do so.
“I don’t know what changed his mind to shift the ideology at midnight. If he would have told us we shall have given him a farewell. During the Chief ministership of Virbhadra Singh Ji, he was one of his trusted persons. But as being claimed that he was the one who made Congress, it’s not true. He has been in politics since 1962. But I wish him good luck and good health, I still have regard for him. I also received calls from top BJP leadership for alluring and warning but I don’t want to make it public,” said Singh.