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Aam Aadmi Party Says Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav Have Quit; They Deny

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Mar, 2015 01:12 PM
    The rift in Delhi's ruling AAP escalated on Thursday with the party claiming that senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav had quit its national executive but the two denied this.
     
    Making the announcement, party spokesman Ashish Khetan said both Bhushan and Yadav appeared to be dead set against the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP's best known face who took power on February 14.
     
    "They say one thing in private and another in public," Khetan told the media, adding he had been involved in days of close-door discussions with both men.
     
    The comments came two days ahead of the Aam Aadmi Party's National Executive meeting where both sides -- the Kejriwal camp and supporters of Bhushan and Yadav -- could have had a showdown.
     
    Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia added that talks with Bhushan and Yadav had failed, saying they were adamant that Kejriwal must go as the party's all-powerful national convener. 
     
    “No effort to remove Kejriwal is acceptable to me," added Sisodia, a long-time confidant of the chief minister.
     
    “Despite accepting all their demands, they are insisting (on the removal of) AK," he added, referring to Kejriwal. "In public they say AK is the leader, in private they insist on his removal."
     
    Another AAP leader, Kumar Vishwas, said all the five proposals of Bhushan and Yadav were accepted by the party but their demand for axing Kejriwal as the national convener had to decided by the national executive.
     
    In the mounting war of words, Bhushan and Yadav denied the charges made against them. Bhushan went on to say that Kejriwal wanted only "yes men" around him.
     
     
    Both are set to hold a press conference on Friday.
     
    A founder member of the AAP and a leading Supreme Court advocate, Bhushan told the media that it was a lie to say that he and Yadav wanted to see Kejriwal step down as the national convenor.
     
    "This is a lie, we never made this demand," he said. "All we have asked for is transparency in the party."
     
    Yadav, a known political expert, agreed and asked Kejriwal loyalists to produce his resignation letter -- if he had indeed resigned.
     
    "What is being passed off as 'resignation letter' is a note for internal negotiations," Yadav said in a tweet.
     
    He said it was "ridiculous" to say he and Bhushan demanded Kejriwal's removal as the national convenor.
     
    "This wasn't mentioned in our note, never came up for discussion. Can they give any proof?" he asked.
     
    Yadav added: "I hear funny news about the PAC (Political Affairs Committee) accepting our resignation. Will my colleagues please produce a copy of the resignation letter?"
     
    The AAP has been embroiled in an internal tussle after taking power in Delhi last month, with the pro-Kejriwal camp accusing Bhushan and Yadav of trying to oust the chief minister. Both have denied the charge.

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