AAP grappled with open rebellion on Thursday as its MLA Vinod Kumar Binny mounted a shrill attack on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by calling him a ‘dictator’ and accusing his government of cheating people, prompting the party to threaten disciplinary action against the legislator.
The Laxmi Nagar MLA, who was sulking after being left out of the cabinet last month, addressed a press conference where he slammed the AAP leadership on a range of issues and alleged that all decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four or five people.
‘You (Kejriwal) have become a dictator. Stop fooling the people of Delhi. All decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four-five people. Arvind gets angry if people express any difference. If anyone speaks against him, he starts shouting,’ Binny, a former Congressman, said. He accused the AAP government of ‘cheating’ Delhiites on a range of issues including power and water and said the party was deviating from its ideologies and promises.
‘They are using policy of use and throw. First, they have used Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi and still many people in the party are being exploited,’ he said. AAP promptly refuted the allegations levelled by Binny and said disciplinary action would be initiated against the legislator for levelling ‘baseless accusations’.
Senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav said the MLA was reading ‘someone else’s script’ and alleged that he had come under influence of BJP.
The MLA said no probe has been initiated against Sheila Dikshit over corruption allegations since Kejriwal shares a ‘close friendship’ with Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit.
The Laxmi Nagar MLA, who was sulking after being left out of the cabinet last month, addressed a press conference where he slammed the AAP leadership on a range of issues and alleged that all decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four or five people.
‘You (Kejriwal) have become a dictator. Stop fooling the people of Delhi. All decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four-five people. Arvind gets angry if people express any difference. If anyone speaks against him, he starts shouting,’ Binny, a former Congressman, said. He accused the AAP government of ‘cheating’ Delhiites on a range of issues including power and water and said the party was deviating from its ideologies and promises.
‘They are using policy of use and throw. First, they have used Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi and still many people in the party are being exploited,’ he said. AAP promptly refuted the allegations levelled by Binny and said disciplinary action would be initiated against the legislator for levelling ‘baseless accusations’.
Senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav said the MLA was reading ‘someone else’s script’ and alleged that he had come under influence of BJP.
The MLA said no probe has been initiated against Sheila Dikshit over corruption allegations since Kejriwal shares a ‘close friendship’ with Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit.