Timeline: The sting in AAP’s tale

September 8, 2014

AAP MLA from Sangam Vihar Dinesh Mohaniya conducts a sting operation on BJP Delhi vice-president Sher Singh Dagar, claiming Dagar tried to lure him away from AAP by offering him Rs 4 crore. The BJP distanced itself from the case.

March 2, 2015

A telephonic conversation between Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar and journalist Chander Suta Dogra — recorded without the journalist’s knowledge — comes to fore. The conversation relates to an article written on AAP’s strategy in Punjab and Haryana.

March 10, 2015

An audio-recording of a phone conversation purportedly between former AAP MLA from Rohini, Rajesh Garg and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal comes to fore. Recorded in July 2014, Kejriwal asks Garg to try to separate six Congress MLAs to form their own party and support the AAP from outside.

March 11, 2015

Another audio recording purportedly featuring Kejriwal surfaces. The sting was purportedly recorded last year during a meeting of the AAP minority wing, where Kejriwal was speaking to some members, including Shahid Azad. In the recording, Kejriwal seems to be saying that Muslims feel the AAP is the only party which can stop Modi’s juggernaut. AAP maintains there is nothing wrong with the recording.

March 11, 2015

Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan claims he has a video-recording of a meeting with senior AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia where they offered him a ministerial position. The meeting was purportedly held last year before the dissolution of the Delhi Assembly. AAP maintains while there was a meeting, no inducement had been offered.