Headlines
AAP actions remind of Stalinist purges: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi, April 20
The AAP's actions are reminiscent of Stalinist purges, said dissident
leader Prashant Bhushan on Monday in his reply to the party's show cause
notice.
"When you remove NE (National Executive) member or even a
Lokpal for merely questioning the illegal and unjustifiable actions of
the convener or those who are in control of the party, when you label
any dissenter as traitor and charge him with anti-party activities, when
you instil fear among the members of the party for merely questioning
the party moving away from its founding principles, it does remind one
of a Stalinist purge," stated Bhushan in his reply to the show cause
notice of the party.
He further said that expressing a different
opinion cannot be treated as a violation of the code of conduct. "Mere
expression of a difference of opinion should not be considered as
violation of the code of conduct unless it violates the objectives of
the party. You now want to become judges of your own cause," he said.
Replying
to AAP Secretary Pankaj Gupta, Bhushan wrote: "It is indeed remarkable
and ironic that you along with Ashish Khetan and Dinesh Vaghela have
sent this notice to us, styling yourself as the 'National Disciplinary
Committee'. I am not aware as to who has constituted this as the
National Disciplinary Committee and when and how this was done."
Yogendra
Yadav, Bhushan, Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha were served a show-cause
notice by the disciplinary committee of the party three days ago.
Bhushan and Yadav were expelled from the party's national executive at a meeting of the national council on March 28.