AAP peace masks storm within
MARCH 28 DAY TO WATCH Party’s national council meet later this month could see renewal of Yadav-Bhushan rebellion
NEW DELHI: The chief minister is back home, his cough is gone, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav are out of the Aam Aadmi Party’s political affairs committee, and offering to relinquish all party posts for peace in their time. All seems well — or is getting to be — with AAP.
Not really. Mounting pressure from party volunteers outside Delhi and a looming party meet may have forced AAP chief and CM Arvind Kejriwal’s hand on going national but the infighting is far from over. The decision of PAC to venture outside Delhi, where it swept to power a month ago, was taken despite Kejriwal’s “considerable initial reluctance”, AAP sources said on Wednesday.
Yadav, who along with Bhushan on Wednesday indicated they wouldn’t mind letting go of party posts if it could help paper over cracks, has been the chief proponent of the AAP spreading its wings beyond Delhi.
Founding members Yadav and Bhushan have also reiterated their demands for transparency, more autonomy to state units, better volunteer engagement, action for lapses, and regularisation of various party panels in the latest letter, sources said. In public, the two rebels deny having written any such letter.
“Yadav’s demand resonated with thousands of volunteers. The party had to signal to them that we care for their aspirations,” a party source said, requesting anonymity. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 >> PATCH-UP BID ON, P3
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