India, Feb. 13 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday accused Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini of attempting to lure its Sangrur MLA Narinder Kaur Bharaj into joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab. Saini, on his part, dismissed the allegation as baseless saying he doesn't even know the MLA.

Addressing a press conference along with AAP Punjab state media in-charge Baltej Pannu at the party office here, Bharaj alleged that she was approached by Saini and offered inducements to resign from the AAP and join the BJP. "A few days ago, Saini tried to tempt me with a BJP ticket from Sangrur and said that whatever demand I had would be fulfilled," she alleged, calling the "poaching attempt" part of the BJP's "Operation Lotu...