The rift in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was visible again on Wednesday after senior party leader Dilip Pandey questioned founding member and now Rajasthan in-charge Kumar Vishwas for attacking the Congress in the State, but choosing not to comment on Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is a BJP member.
In a tweet, Mr. Pandey questioned Mr. Vishwas over his comments attacking Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit for criticising Army chief General Bipin Rawat, but choosing not to comment on Ms. Raje.
‘Out of context’
“Brother, you launch fervent attacks on the Congress but (you) say that you will not attack Vasundhara (Raje). Why?” Mr. Pandey’s tweet read. It came a day after Mr. Vishwas said that he would attack the BJP government in Rajasthan, but not make any comments on Ms. Raje’s personal life.
“The public has rejected the politics of blame game. In Delhi, they rejected the BJP when they called us names. In fact, we also suffered whenever we resorted to it,” Mr. Vishwas had said in a TV interview on Tuesday.
Mr. Pandey, former convener of the AAP’s Delhi unit, however, said his comment was being taken out of context. “I think everybody is unnecessarily over-reading my tweet,” he said.
He added, “Mr. Kumar is a great communicator and I am sure he will understand this. This comment should not be read out of context.”
