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Yogendra, Bhushan may face action in AAP's national executive
New Delhi, March 2
Peeved at its senior
leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan's criticism of AAP chief
Arvind Kejriwal's approach, the party here on Monday hinted at acting
tough against the duo in the national executive meet on Wednesday.
The
party's official stand became clear a day after a joint letter by Yadav
and Bhushan was leaked to the media which questioned the Aam Aadmi
Party's (AAP) "one person-centric" approach and criticised it on various
fronts.
"The attempts were being made to remove Kejriwal as the
national convener of the party," AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, obliquely
referring to Yadav and Bhushan at a press conference here.
Talking
about the letters being written by members to party authorities, some
of whom are with the media, Singh said the party would discuss the
recent turn of events, including the leakage of letters in its national
executive meeting.
"The continuous leakage of letters written by party members has made the party look like a joke," he said.
Asked
whether the duo would be sacked from the Political Affairs Committee
(PAC), the highest decision making body of the AAP, Singh said: "I have
only announced the date for the meeting. Have I announced the decisions
that will be taken there?"
AAP founding members Yadav and
Bhushan, who have been raising the issue of "one man, one post" and the
party becoming "person-centric", might be asked to step down from their
posts in the PAC or assume non-active roles, party sources said.
Sources said the party won't ask them to leave but if they chose to do so, they won't be stopped.
Party
lokpal Admiral L. Ramdas, in a letter which was leaked to the media,
had pointed to two camps emerging within the top leadership and had
asked the AAP to reconsider the 'one man, one post' arrangement.
Efforts
were on to contain the differences among the party members with former
journalist and party member Ashutosh tweeting that the developments were
just a "clash of ideas".
Yogendra Yadav has slammed reports about the crisis in the party.
"Voters in Delhi have given us a huge mandate and this is the time to work more with a large heart," Yadav tweeted.
"The
country has placed a lot of hope with us. And I can only appeal that we
should not lower that expectation with our petty issues. I pray that
better sense prevails on us," the tweet added.