Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan worked to defeat party in Delhi polls, alleges AAP

Aam Aadmi Party members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan speak to mediapersons after the party’s national executive committee meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Source: PTI Photo)

The fierce infighting which has plagued the Aam Aadmi Party for the last two weeks does not look to abate any time soon.

In a first official statement by the party since its controversial national executive meeting on March 4, four leaders have slammed Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, accusing them of working to defeat the party during the Delhi Assembly elections and malign the image of Arvind Kejriwal.

A statement issued by senior leaders Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh, lists out the reasons as to why Yadav and Bhushan were ousted from the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) — a key decision-making panel.

“When AAP volunteers were busy working hard to ensure the party’s victory in Delhi polls, three leaders — Yadav, Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan — were bent on defeating it,” the statement, which is in Hindi, read.

It goes on to say that Bhushan tried his level best to dissuade volunteers from other states to come to Delhi to campaign for the party and even prevented donors from contributing to the party fund.

The statement also alleges that Yadav deliberately planted stories in the media to malign the image of Kejriwal. It cited the instance of an article in The Hindu in which a negative portrayal of Kejriwal and the party was carried out at the behest of Yadav, who had reportedly called for an informal meeting with select journalists.

Source:: Indian Express