The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is not working on ‘Operation Lotus’ to bring down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, State party president Chandrakant Patil said on Monday. Mr. Patil was reacting to reports that the BJP may fashion a Karnataka-style ‘Operation Lotus’ to poach MLAs during the upcoming budget session of the Assembly and fashion a downfall of the MVA government. “This government will fall on its own and the BJP will not attempt unconstitutional means to work behind the scenes on this. The voters will bring them down,” Mr. Patil said. Meanwhile, the BJP on Monday announced that it will hold protests against the MVA government’s failure on February 25.

Source: The Hindu February 17, 2020 18:11 UTC