AAP MLA says ED raid came with offer to join BJP and a ministerial post

The Indian Express · Express News Service · 2026-11-06 05:17 UTC

The MLA, who is also the president of the AAP's state women's wing and has been renominated from Moga for the 2027 Assembly elections, said the raids were intended to intimidate her following the party's decision to field her again.

AAP MLA from Moga, Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora, Thursday claimed that the nearly 42-hour-long Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at her residence was accompanied by pressure “to join the BJP and get a ministerial position”, something that she said she refused as a “loyal soldier of Arvind Kejriwal”.

Accusing the BJP-led Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing central agencies in poll-bound Punjab, Arora claimed that the ED teams, which searched seven premises linked to her and her family, failed to recover any incriminating material or “a single penny”.

“They told me, ‘soch lo, aane wale dino mein mantri honge aap… mainu keha geya mantri da pad mil jega par assi Kejriwal de sipaahi haan’ (They said I should think about it. They said I would get a ministerial post in the future, but I am a loyal soldier of Arvind Kejriwal). AAP is our mother party and Bhagwant Mann is our leader,” Arora told reporters after the searches ended.

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