New Delhi: Reeling under electoral debacle, the AAP on Friday appeared split down the middle with senior leader Yogendra Yadav attacking Arvind Kejriwal while the party initiated moves to bring back Shazia Ilmi who had quit criticising the “coterie” around Mr Kejriwal.
The party leadership came under attack at a meeting of the national executive, attended by party leaders from across the country, to discuss the future course of action after its rout.
Rift in the party’s top leadership emerged after exchange of letters between Yogendra Yadav and Manish Sisodia.
Mr Yadav, known to be a key strategist, had written to the political affairs committee after his resignation from it charging the party with “falling prey to personality cult” and that the decisions taken reflected the wishes of the party chief. He described Mr Kejriwal as a supremo.
Interestingly, Mr Kejriwal’s close aide Manish Sisodia hit back at Mr Yadav accusing him of targeting the party’s convener and making internal matters public.
“When you wanted to become Haryana in-charge and wanted to be projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate despite opposition from other PAC members, Arvind backed you. At that time, he was democratic (for you). The state of affairs of the party in Haryana is in a shambles,” Mr Sisodia said.
“There is no rift in the party. There are bound to be problems and those will be discussed to find a correct solution,” party leader and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan said.
