India, Aug. 9 -- Delhi minister and BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday threatened legal action against AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Sanjeev Jha over allegations of a purported Rs.22,000 crore rice scam, giving them 24 hours to withdraw their claims and issue a public apology.

Sirsa hit back after Bharadwaj alleged a Rs.22,000-crore scam involving the diversion of subsidised rice meant for Delhi's poor, accusing a BJP-run Delhi government department, a corporation based in BJP-ruled Assam and an unnamed private firm in Haryana, also governed by the BJP, of being linked to the alleged diversion.

In a post on X, Sirsa accused Bharadwaj and Jha of making false and malicious allegations against him and said he would initiate leg...