Prashant Bhushan had threatened revolt inside AAP, say sources
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founding member Prashant Bhushan had threatened revolt inside the party during the National executive meeting held on Wednesday.
According to sources, Kumar Vishwas, who chaired the meeting, favoured a compromise between the two factions – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Bhushan-Yogendra Yadav duo.
Yadav and Bhushan made two proposals for a compromise. First they offered to leave the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) if it was reconstituted and second they offered to stay away from the panel for a while.
According to sources, Kumar Vishwas, who chaired the meeting, favoured a compromise between the two factions.
At this point, the Kejriwal camp went into a huddle and after returning, they rejected the compromise proposals.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had moved the resolution to remove Yadav and Bhushan. When the resolution was moved, Bhushan protested and threatened to revolt, the sources said.
In a showdown in the party’s 21-member National Executive, three members, including Vishwas, did not cast their votes. The resolution was passed with 11 in favour of removing Bhushan and Yadav from the PAC while eight voted against it. Kejriwal and Habung Payeng, hailing from Arunachal pradesh, were not present at the meet.
National Executive members Prof Anand Kumar and Naveen Jaihind were adamant on the removal of Bhushan and Yadav from PAC.
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