Kejriwal Resigns As AAP Convenor. Is The Party Rift A Power Grab Or Result Of Valid Criticism?

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Kejriwal Resigns As AAP Convenor. Is The Party Rift A Power Grab Or Result Of Valid Criticism?


The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is quite possibly the youngest and the most successful political party based on electoral outcome in recent times. However, after its massive victory in the Delhi elections, AAP has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.



Ever since the Lok Sabha rout of AAP in May 2014, prominent party leaders such as Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav have publicly complained about the lack of inner party democracy in AAP and have repeatedly warned against a personality cult around Arvind Kejriwal.

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And now, barely weeks after the conclusion of the Delhi elections, the fight is out in the open, with accusations of takeovers, sting operations, recordings of interviews and comments on social media capturing the attention of the people.

The primary allegation against Yogendra Yadav, as some claim, is that he was aiming and promoting himself as the national convener of the party once Kejriwal took oath as Delhi CM.

Not only this, Prashant Bhushan, in a letter dated February 26 addressed to the national executive of the party - a copy of which is with ET - slammed Kejriwal for "overturning collective decisions of the party".

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