Despite the removal of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from Political Affairs Committee (PAC) on Wednesday evening, the ongoing crises of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are yet to be over. Senior AAP leader Mayank Gandhi on Thursday, expressed shock and attacked the “manner of and intention” in removing of Bhushan and Yadav from the PAC in his blog.
“On Wednesday, I was told that disciplinary action would be taken against me, if I revealed anything. So be it — my first allegiance is to the higher truth. Here is an essence of the meeting with regards to removal of Yadav and Bhushan, based on my understanding. I would request National Executive to release the minutes of the meeting,” Mayank wrote in his blog.
Later, he described his reason to be abstained from the voting in his blog. “I abstained to vote, because of two contrary reasons. First, Arvind needs a smooth working in the PAC. So, I agreed that Bhushan and Yadav may be out of PAC and take some alternate important roles. Second, I was taken aback by the resolution of removing them publicly, especially as they themselves were willing to leave. Also, this decision to sack them was against the overwhelming sentiments of volunteers from all over the world. So, while I agreed that they can step down from the PAC, the manner and intention behind the resolution was not acceptable. Hence, the decision to abstain,” said Mayank. He further said that it was alleged that Yadav was conspiring against Kejriwal and some evidence was also produced in the meeting.
“There were also operational irreconcilable differences and trust deficit between Kejriwal, Bhushan and Yadav. Yogendra said that he understood that Arvind did not want them in PAC, as it was difficult for him to work together. He and Prashant would be happy to stay out of PAC, but they should not be singled out. Two formulas were put forward by him.
Meanwhile, talking to reporters in the morning, Yadav refused to comment on Gandhi’s blog saying he had “gone through” it.
“On Wednesday, I was told that disciplinary action would be taken against me, if I revealed anything. So be it — my first allegiance is to the higher truth. Here is an essence of the meeting with regards to removal of Yadav and Bhushan, based on my understanding. I would request National Executive to release the minutes of the meeting,” Mayank wrote in his blog.
Later, he described his reason to be abstained from the voting in his blog. “I abstained to vote, because of two contrary reasons. First, Arvind needs a smooth working in the PAC. So, I agreed that Bhushan and Yadav may be out of PAC and take some alternate important roles. Second, I was taken aback by the resolution of removing them publicly, especially as they themselves were willing to leave. Also, this decision to sack them was against the overwhelming sentiments of volunteers from all over the world. So, while I agreed that they can step down from the PAC, the manner and intention behind the resolution was not acceptable. Hence, the decision to abstain,” said Mayank. He further said that it was alleged that Yadav was conspiring against Kejriwal and some evidence was also produced in the meeting.
“There were also operational irreconcilable differences and trust deficit between Kejriwal, Bhushan and Yadav. Yogendra said that he understood that Arvind did not want them in PAC, as it was difficult for him to work together. He and Prashant would be happy to stay out of PAC, but they should not be singled out. Two formulas were put forward by him.
Meanwhile, talking to reporters in the morning, Yadav refused to comment on Gandhi’s blog saying he had “gone through” it.