Calling the Aam Aadmi Party a “one-man party”, seven of 10 executive members of the organisation in Haryana on Thursday resigned and showed full support towards Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan’s rebel faction Swaraj Abhiyan.
They took strong objection to Delhi legislator Naresh Baliyan being appointed as Haryana affairs in-charge after the recent reshuffle in the party replacing Mr. Yadav.
Those who have resigned include chief spokesman of the party’s state unit Rajiv Godara, secretary of State unit Paramjit Singh, convener Ashawant Gupta besides Roopinder Dhaliwal, Balbir Singh, Prahlad Singh and Ramzan Chaudhary, said S.P. Singh, who had unsuccessfully contested last year’s Lok Sabha polls on the AAP ticket from Ambala.
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“We cannot tolerate what is going on in the party. We have decided to support and strengthen the hands of Yogendra Yadav and the Swaraj Abhiyan started by him.
“We have also decided to hold a State level function on May 17 in Karnal, which will be a follow-up of the Abhiyan,” Mr. Singh said.
“Mr. Baliyan faced serious allegations of storage of liquor to influence voters during the Delhi assembly polls,” Mr. Singh said.
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Taking a dig at Kejriwal, S.P. Singh said, “We felt that it has become one-man party, where if a person who has a different view point, his voice is suppressed and stifled.”
Mr. Singh added party high command’s decision of not contesting the Haryana assembly polls in October last year had also “demoralised the workers”. — PTI