Dilip Pandey targets Vishwas’ Raj plans
The Kumar Vishwas saga is far from over in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
SeniorleaderandformerDelhi convener, Dilip Pandey, questioned Vishwas on Wednesday for being ‘soft’ on Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje while making a direct attack on Congress leaders.
Tweeting the link to a news story about Vishwas criticising former MP Sandeep Dikshit, Pandey said: “Bhaiya, you criticise the Congress leaders but say you will not speak against Vasundhara in Rajasthan. Why?”
Pandey was referring to a speech delivered by Vishwas while addressing party workers from Rajasthan on Saturday.
The party national executive had made the poet-turned-politician in-charge of Rajasthan after an open rebellion by him against the top leadership following defeat in the municipal elections. Rajasthan will go to assembly polls next year.
In a video of the speech, Vishwas is heard saying that the party will ‘for the first time’ contest Rajasthan elections with a ‘constructive’ strategy of providing better water, power and health care instead of running a ‘Maharani hatao’ campaign.
However, the speech had not gone down well with the party leaders though no one came out in open over the ‘perennial discomfort’ of top leadership with Vishwas’ ‘role’ in the party.
“I have put out a simple logic. You need to be consistent in your criticism. On one hand you come out with direct criticism of all Congress leaders, but say that you will not target Maharani in Rajasthan,” Dilip Pandey told HT.