Disgruntled leaders and workers of Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab unit on Sunday announced quitting the outfit citing “unhappiness” over its way of functioning and have alleged that the party has “deviated” from its original ideals.
The aggrieved leaders declared the formation of a new front called ‘Aam Aadmi Party Volunteers Front’ at a meeting here. Suspended AAP MPs, Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa, have also lent their support to the new outfit.
“We oppose the way AAP has been functioning and have decided to quit the outfit and form ‘Aam Aadmi Party Volunteers Front’. It would follow the ideals that AAP had framed initially,” the leaders said here.
Pranab Rai, who was reportedly expelled from AAP a few days back, said, “Aam Aadmi Party has deviated from its ideals. The disappointed party volunteers have decided to form the new front to promote those ideals among the people.”
“This Front has no chief. An 11-member coordination committee has been formed which would look after its working. <g data-gr-id="22">Also</g> separate panels would be set up for different districts of Punjab,” Rai said.
“The most important thing is that, suspended AAP MPs - Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa - have lent their support to the new front,” he said.