After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse-trading ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Anil Bajpai, its Gandhi Nagar lawmaker, who recently joined the saffron party, denied that he was offered money to switch party.

Adressing media persons, Bajpai alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had used derogatory word for him during a recent meeting, which triggered his dissension within the party.

"Chief Minister Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said that big money was being offered in an attempt to buy AAP MLAs. I reject the charge," said Bajpai in the presence of senior BJP leader Vijender Gupta.

Bajpai said that AAP belongs to only two persons, one is Arvind Kejriwal and the second is Manish Sisodia and these two people take all the decisions sitting in a room and all the rest MLAs and leaders have to follow it.

The BJP has rubbished the claim, terming it a bizarre allegation and a "desperate bid to gain attention". "Both Kejriwal and Sisodia should apologise to me, and I will sue them for defamation," Bajpai said.

Accusing the BJP of indulging in horse-trading, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in horse trading, saying seven of his party's MLAs in the national Capital have been offered Rs 10 crore each to join the saffron party.

Kejriwal, addressing media persons at the party headquarters earlier in the day, had claimed that, "Our MLAs are being bought," adding that "a few days ago, one of our MLAs was bought". However, he did not name the lawmaker.