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Bhushan expresses differences with Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 2
Reflecting his discontent
about the functioning of the Aam Aadmi Party, senior leader Prashant
Bhushan has written a letter raising questions about some decisions of
party convenor Arvind Kejriwal who is now chief minister of Delhi.
In
the letter, apparently written to members of party's national
executive, Bhushan has raised questions about the party running a
"person-centric" campaign in Delhi polls and not following some of its
professed principles.
He has also raised questions about
selection of candidates for Delhi polls and surreptious attempts to seek
support of the Congress after AAP's first stint in government.
Bhushan
said that the party has not come under the ambit of Right of
Information though it had slammed other parties for not doing so.
"Far
from bringing the party under RTI, we have not even put our accounts on
a website. We have put out our donations but not expenses," he said.
Bhushan said according to his information, minutes of decisions of top committees were not maintained.
"The
lack of recording decisions of NE/PAC (national executive/political
affairs committee) has led to situations where decisions taken by the NE
(about not seeking Congress support for forming government in Delhi
after we resigned last year) were repeatedly flouted," he said.
Bhushan
said as part of party's philosophy of decentralisation, it is for state
units to decide if they wanted to contest elections but Kejriwal
announced after taking oath as Delhi chief minister earlier this month
that the party should not contest polls in other states for next five
years.
"All this with one-person centric campaign which was run
during the election in Delhi is making the party look more and more like
other conventional parties," he contended.
"Running a person-centric campaign may be effective but does that justify sacrificing our principles," the letter said.
Bhushan also said there was need of empowered committee to decide how the funds are spent.
Referring
to the hard work and sacrifice of party volunteers, Bhushan said: "We
owe it to them and to us to ensure that we do not drift and become just
another one-man centric party which is prepared to use any kind of means
to attain powe